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Though a Sunday Times online opinion poll showed that more than 80 per cent of our readers do not want Sri Lankan females to go to Saudi Arabia in the aftermath of Rizana Nafeek execution, this young girl and others are seen leaving for Saudi Arabia yesterday. The inset shows people in Rizana’s village and surrounding areas in Mutur signing a petition urging that women should not be sent as housemaids to West Asia. Some 3,000 people have already signed this petition. Pix by N. Kumarasinghe and R.J Rajasinghe

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