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Referring to the news item by a certain sections of the foreign media claiming that Rizana Nafeek is �poised to be executed by beheading�, Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Dilan Perera said that it is not new as the court sentence has been already given but temporarily suspended.�This death sentence is not new. It was given a long time back. But due to our and international appeals, the death sentence has been suspended. Our attempts are still ongoing to save her life through a pardon,� Dilan Perera told Adaderana when contacted. �This news may be new to a section who is trying to play up the issue by renewing an old news story while Sri Lanka is being criticized by certain international groups and activists. They should not play with people�s lives. We are still engaged in attempts to obtain a pardon and are in contact with our missions and the Saudi Arabian government. There is no truth of an immediate carrying out of the death sentence on Rizana� Mr. Perera added. Viewer Comments
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This is a Public Forum. Please use this forum responsibly to express your views and opinions. Comments that use foul and abusive language will be edited/deleted. Comments containing slander, vulgarism and derogatory statement will be deleted. Reader comments posted are the opinion of the comment writer, not Ada Derana. Help us protect the freedom of expression.a.vote_up, a.vote_down {display:inline-block;background-repeat:none;background-position:center;height:16px;width:16px;margin-left:4px;text-indent:-900%;}a.vote_up {background:url("js/reddit_vote_tut/src/images/thumb_up.png");}a.vote_down {background:url("js/reddit_vote_tut/src/images/thumb_down.png");} June 27, 2011 11:43 pm The only Person who is playing with peoples lives are you u fool.. 2005 and still no action by our idiots like you.. May i remind you a similar situation happend when saudi did not give an accurate info of a indonesian maid.. later she was beheaded..which resulted in Indonesia banning maid service.. But hey what do you care i mean if you were in her place you will be screaming and crying why there is less publicity. More Bad News from Saudi
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June 28, 2011 04:33 am A result of Cheap Journalism! Smart Aleck +11 -3
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June 28, 2011 04:54 am If this is going to take place despite President´s request , we must take a decision not to send any house maids to Saudi here after ! ! ! We must protest against this . . . niluksha +20 -1
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June 28, 2011 05:57 am Tell the truth Minister, do not spin the real facts LJaya +3 -8
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June 28, 2011 07:32 am U too may have to suggest implimenting anciant Hathara Warige Neethiya to offenders like in the Classic case if true(Where Sri Lankan managers gangraping fellow Sri lankan workers) whilst on this issue people sadly do understand Sri lanka govt cannot change Saudi Laws but only can make appeels against a verdict of their law loards.First things first. s.lankan +1 -1
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June 28, 2011 08:09 am minister,Jordan wala rape and molest karapu kello tika beragena waren saambraani +1 -0
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June 28, 2011 08:12 am Arnt there any billionaires ($ terms) offer enough money to the babys father and save this poor girl. Money speaks under sharia law, the question is how much. Thambiys +6 -2
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June 28, 2011 08:57 am RIYADH: The Indonesian government has paid SR2 million in blood money to save the life of an Indonesian maid on death row in Riyadh for killing her Yemeni employer in 2009.Indonesia�s Foreign Affairs Ministry sent the money to its embassy in Riyadh to secure the release of Darsem binti Dawud.�The compensation was paid by two officers of the Indonesian Embassy to a panel at the Riyadh governorate dealing with the case,� said Hendrar Pramutyo, an official of the embassy�s Citizen Protection Wing, on Saturday. �The payment of blood money is an expression of the Indonesian government�s commitment to protect its overseas workers at any cost.�He said the Riyadh court had already decided to release the maid, who is currently languishing in the Malaz Jail. �I am hopeful that the maid will be released shortly,� said the embassy official.Dawud is a migrant worker hailing from the city of Subang in Indonesia�s West Java province. She was convicted by a Riyadh court in May 2009. The court sentenced her to death by beheading.The maid has always maintained her employer tried to rape her and she was acting in self-defense, according to reports published in a section of the Indonesian media Saturday.In January the employer´s family agreed to forgive Dawud if they were paid the compensation by July this year.Earlier, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa had asked the Indonesian House of Representatives to approve the transfer of blood money to resolve the case, which comes under the Foreign Affairs Ministry�s citizen protection budget.�Due to the sensitive and immediate nature of the issue, we worry that we will miss the deadline if we keep discussing and negotiating � we will end up encountering new problems,� he told legislators in Jakarta on Friday.On Friday, Indonesian activists also demonstrated in front of the Saudi Embassy in Jakarta and protested against the sentence. There have also been frequent protests in Indonesia after a maid was executed in Makkah a fortnight ago.Jakarta called home its ambassador to the Kingdom Gatot Abdullah Mansyur for consultations following the execution of Indonesian maid Ruyati binti Sapubi. A formal letter of protest was also sent to Saudi Arabia.Indonesia has since announced a ban on the recruitment of workers to Saudi Arabia. The ban will be effective from Aug. 1 this year.There are 28 Indonesian maids currently on death row in Saudi Arabia, as well as 1,000 languishing in different jails across the Kingdom for petty crimes. More than 1.2 million Indonesian workers live and work in the Kingdom.EXACTLY THIS WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING FROM OUR GOVERNMENT TOO. nari bena +3 -0
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June 28, 2011 09:37 am Again and again, in this pathetic case, no any authorities either KSA King or government or even any other organizations can help to save this girl´s life except the pardon of the parents of infant as they are victims of this incident...but we may try to prove her actual date of birth but it won´t help since the physical document (i.e.the bogus passport obtained by crooked agency)which is indicating her age has already under court processing.....in this case if our hon. minister or authorities can produce or bring any Saudi team to investigate the actual date of her birth at Muthur B&D registrar office sometimes it might give any potential results..... Ossan Salam - Doha +1 -0
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June 28, 2011 09:38 am her parents are responsible this Manoj +1 -0
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June 28, 2011 09:38 am take every possible action to release her not to blame media. I am happy to see at least media is alert. Navaz Navaz +2 -1
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June 28, 2011 09:40 am yes stop sending domestic slaves to Saudi Arabia mahindap +6 -0
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June 28, 2011 10:33 am I do not understand what Alla could have by killing this innocent girl! Our Muslim brothers can explain this to us? Para +11 -2
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June 28, 2011 11:18 am Is there any provision in the Shariat Law to appeal pardon? Lawyers,please find out and try to fulfill the requirements within the law in order to save this innocent girl´s life. No use of political talks at this moment. Chandra +4 -0
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June 28, 2011 12:16 pm @ Para: Hope you know the reason why each and every country has law and order. Same like Islam is also having law and order which you call "Shariah". Unlike other law and order Shariah is very strict and applies for all (regardless the cast, colour, position etc). When someone does something, Allah never gets anything but the person who does it gets the return. "We Muslims believe in Life and hereafter (hell or heaven depending on the way you live)". When a person does a good thing he gets rewarded and he will get some sort of a benefit directly or indirectly (it can be in this world or hereafter). Also when he commits a sin he will get sin and punishment directly or indirectly (it can be in this world or hereafter). If a person commits a sin/crime, he has to be punished according to the Shariah (this is common in All law and order). Whatever the punishment is, still Allah is never getting anything but justice is done and also it is a lesson to others. Example: a man steals, then his hand has to be executed, by this he will never steal again. And this will teach a lesson to others that if they steal they will also lose their hand. When the law is strict, the crimes will be low. One thing I have to tell you, there is something like this as well. Before giving punishment proper investigation has to take place and it has to be proved (Allah knows the best). Also Shariah says something like this. Person "A" tries to kill person "B", person "B" defends himself and as a result person "A" dies or gets injured. Then person "B" is not a wrong doer, he cannot be punished as "B" has self defended. Even this has to be proved. (Allah knows the best). Hope you would have understood the concept, if you need a better explanation pls check with a Moulavi they will explain you in a better way. Sri Lankan Muslim (We are Sri Lankan) +3 -2
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June 28, 2011 01:35 pm @Sri Lankan Muslim, what the hell you are trying to say. You represent the whole sri lanka muslim community or you justify �Sharia�, I am a muslim. I hate �Sharia Law� This is not a law for the 21st Century people, this is a law for the primitive uncivilize people. God is great and do not belittle him by saying of Sharia as a law by �God�, This is the mans law that protect the rulers and Kings. Easily all the shaikhs who commit all the sins in the world hide behind sharia law and stupid idiots like you cannot see beyond an horizon because you guys believe in all the dogmas. Try free your shackles and think freely. God is love, he is not a brutal ruler. Every civilized man should get up against this barbaric law that kills and maim human being for safeguard of brutal rulers who commit all the sins of every religion. If God punish you for the crimes committed on the earth after death, then what right does the rulers have to punish for crimes? So one who does a crime have to go double punishment. Only those who have no guts to question dogmas will believe all these bullshits of religion. I am a muslim from Maradana... Fairose +5 -2
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June 28, 2011 02:45 pm You dont seems like a muslim though you commented with a muslim name.Srilankan muslim is absolutely correct.he clearly said punishment can be either in this world or hereafter,surprising, you didnt understand what actually he wrote. also surprised me that you being a muslim don´t know that if some one is punished for his crime with shariaw law he will not be punished hereafter by Allah..if you are a non muslim you can very well comment against sharia law with any user name, you don´t need to act as a muslim. Ahmed +1 -0
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June 28, 2011 01:42 pm @Sri Lankan Muslim (We are Sri Lankan)Please..SHARIA..IN MOST CASES THE SHARIA COURTS GET IT WRONG AND THEN TTOO LATE FOR THE VICTIM.. WHY WELL WE ALL KNOW WHY???? AND THE QUESTION OF BLOOD MONEY.. SOME LAW.. SHARIA LAW IS PERFECT FOR A COUNTRY LIKE SAUDI. But not for the rest of the world.. i mean Just look at Turkey.. Where would Turkey be today if they had that law.. Instead a powerful Secular country a backward state.. But a power house in Europe and Asia. Fitna +0 -1
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June 28, 2011 02:34 pm YES MY DEAR BROTHERTHAT GIRL DIDN´T KILLED THAT BABY. WE ALL KNOW THAT. I BELIEVE THERE´S NO MEDICAL REPORT SAYING THAT BABY WAS MURDERED. Dilshan +0 -0
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