Pardon request being processed

1 November 2010 08:26 am

The clemency request sent to the Saudi Arabian Government by President Mahinda Rajapaksa regarding Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek is going through the formalities in Saudi Arabia and we are awaiting a reply, External Affairs sources told Daily Mirror online.

The clemency request was sent after Sri Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek was Indicted and found guilty of alleged death of an infant in 2005. The verdict was later endorsed by the Supreme Court in Riyadh and a death sentence was given. (GS) (Daily Mirror online)