Sri Lankan housemaid on death row returns home
A Sri Lankan housemaid who was sentenced to death in 2006 returned
home after being pardoned.
A Gulf News report quoted a Sri Lankan Embassy statement as saying
that 38-year old Kanzul Maharifa Abdul Kareem was arrested on April 30,
2006, on charges of causing the death of her sponsor’s wife by
repeatedly hitting her on the head and face with an ornamental pot.
The Shariah Court issued her capital punishment in 2006.
The Embassy along with Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry had been
closely working on the clemency plea. She was sent to Sri Lanka on July
31, the embassy said.
Sri Lankan Ambassador to the UAE Sarath Wijesinghe expressed his
gratitude to the rulers and the UAE judiciary. “It is inevitable that
these incidents do take place when people work in difficult conditions,”
the press release said.
Employees face problems mainly due to wrongdoings by unscrupulous
agents, who cause rifts between employers, sponsors and workers, the
embassy said. |