Woman on tourist visa nabbed selling phones

Mahinda P Liyanage, Galle Daily News corr.

A Chinese woman found guilty of selling mobile phones at Katugoda, Galle was sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment suspended for five years and fined Rs 5,000 by Galle chief magistrate U S Kalansuriya.

The woman in Sri Lanka on a tourist visa was produced before court by the Galle Harbour Police.

The chief magistrate ordered court officials to send a report of the case to the Chinese government through its embassy in Sri Lanka and to hand over the case productions to the respondent aged 52.

Habaraduwa Police also seized Rs 105,760, 60 receipts issued by her for the sale of mobile phones, US $ 200, Chinese Yen 235 and 10 new mobile phones from the woman's possession.