I won't accept any Saudi compensation - Rizana's mother

Trincomalee special corr.

Ahmadu Seiyadu Fareena, the mother of the Sri Lankan expatriate worker beheaded in Saudi Arabia said she is not prepared to accept any donation as compensation from the Saudi Arabian government or any other Saudi Arabian person or institution for the loss of her daughter.

She said several institutions and organisations as well as Saudi nationals pledged to build a house for their family and help them financially and she would strictly warn them not to visit their home with any assistance as nothing would compensate the loss of her daughter's treasured life.

Fareena said she even made a request to the mistress of the Saudi residence where her daughter Rizana worked to grant clemency for her daughter but all that was to no avail. However, she would thank that Saudi employer too as she believed everything had happened according to Allah's wish.

She also said certain sections of the media had published a photograph and referred to it as Rizana. She would request the media not to insult Rizana by publishing wrong news and pictures.