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Saudi court commutes death sentence for Sri Lankan maid

This follows an appeal preferred by the Sri Lankan government for clemency, Thalatha Atukorale, Minister of Foreign Employment, told The Hindu on Wednesday. While she was sentenced to death, he was sentenced to 100 lashes.

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The maid, 45, who is married and had worked as a domestic helper in Riyadh since 2013, was convicted in August of adultery with a fellow Sri Lankan migrant worker.


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During an examination officials found 400g of gold, worth about 2m Sri Lankan rupees (£9,351), inside the suspect’s rectal cavity.


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Saudi Arabia’s initial decision to stone the woman was condemned in Sri Lanka. The sympathy, the understanding and the concern expressed, and assistance extended by many other parties is also noted and deeply appreciated. It’s unclear how long the prison sentence would last. The appeal was taken up on Tuesday and the authorities were informed subsequently about the “successful outcome” of the appeal, she said, adding that her Ministry and the Foreign Affairs Ministry undertook the responsibility of giving legal protection to the woman.

Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a man for allegedly smuggling gold bars in his rectum.

There are some 450,000 Sri Lankans now employed in Saudi Arabia alone while about 10 percent of the island’s 21 million population are employed overseas.

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Rights group Amnesty International sounded alarm bells in November over a spike in executions in Saudi Arabia, where at least 151 people have been put to death this year.

Sri Lanka man arrested 'for smuggling gold in rectum'