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1200 lashes and jail term for Lankan maid in Saudi Arabia
View(s):A Sri Lankan housemaid in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to a 12-year jail term and 1200 lashes after she was found guilty of a robbery, Foreign Employment Bureau media spokesman Mangala Randeniya said.
The woman had allegedly stolen from her employer.
Mr. Randeniya said Foreign Ministry officials of the Consular Division in Saudi Arabia will visit the imprisoned housemaid in jail and get her side of the story to see if there was a possibility of an appeal.
He said the housemaid has been punished according to the country’s rules. “She was proven guilty last year. The Saudi government has ordered the punishment that is given to any person guilty of such a crime,” he said, adding that women who seek employment in other countries are given training and made aware of the laws that govern those countries.
The woman from the Puttalam district had gone for employment in 2006.