Audio:Saudi Ambassador recalled

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In a show of displeasure against the execution of Rizana Nafeek, Sri Lanka today recalled its Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ahamed Javad, with immediate effect, External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunarathne Amunugama said

Speaking to Daily Mirror Mr. Amunugama said the decision was taken on the instructions of the President.

“This was to show our displeasure regarding the execution of Rizana Nafeek despite repeated appeals from the highest levels of government,” he said.

Mr. Amunugama added that the mission in Riyadh would continue to operate.

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Jungle boy Friday, 11 January 2013 08:23 AM

we lost our dignity when we sent our women to middleeast to work like slaves. We are true LIONS. We send our lioness for hunting!!!

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Yes man Friday, 11 January 2013 06:24 AM

Yes, it is a billion dollar move, execution of Rizana was a highly baberic act and no civilized world endorsed that. but except the maid other professionals working in Saudi remit billions dollars, much needed foreign exchange, to the country, currently Saudi Arabia has reduced issuing work permits to Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Since we have many unemployment is high and low foreign we should have negotiated for higher percentage of employment and stop sending the maids to the Middlle east not only for Saudi.

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Anom Friday, 11 January 2013 06:27 AM

Saudi Arabia is one of the most pathetic and hypocritical countries in the world. Most Arab Muslims I know say that the Saudis are the worst examples of Islam. In the Arab country I live in, there are huge networks of brothels to serve the Saudi visitors when they come here. Their religion is a sham, as is their whole system of morality.

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sanju Friday, 11 January 2013 06:43 AM

at last a wise move by MR

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mike Friday, 11 January 2013 06:48 AM

i dont agree with your comment at all. we need to show our displeasure for this most in human barbaric act! if they send back all Srilankans thats the best news! but they wl never do that. hosemaids should be stopped from going to gulf. what ever the case saudis are the worst hypocrits & idiots!

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buffaloa citizen Friday, 11 January 2013 06:50 AM

Tell that to the thick skull of MR.

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buffaloa citizen Friday, 11 January 2013 06:52 AM

You are absolutely right. The why the heck isnt SL isolated for genocide even with the issue tabled in the UN?

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Anderezja Friday, 11 January 2013 06:54 AM

Why reject such a kind gesture? Maybe he feel bad for the actions of those in power in his country. If outsiders judge all Sri Lankans from the way our politic ions behave it won't be very fair will it?

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buffaloa citizen Friday, 11 January 2013 06:56 AM

Then how the heck did we issue her a passport showing her as an adult and also certifying her as an experienced baby sitter?

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Althaf Friday, 11 January 2013 06:57 AM

Another blunder, Initially in the trial SL Embassy did not provide proper assistance for the victim. Now recalling the ambassador will create more issues for Sri Lankans in KSA . They need an Ambassador for representation.

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idroos2002 Friday, 11 January 2013 06:59 AM

I agree with ambassador sadiq

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idroos2002 Friday, 11 January 2013 07:05 AM

Anom i agree with u but i do not look at these beasts like these i am holding my words i look at the holy ,practical , serene islam .I do not look at sinhala , tamil beasts but what lord buddha has ,prophet siva has told us for my benefit

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Wara Friday, 11 January 2013 07:06 AM

your name suits well.

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Bobo Friday, 11 January 2013 07:20 AM

Yes, the problem started here when people knowingly falsified her documents and sent her abroad.

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Dr.Raghav Friday, 11 January 2013 08:20 AM

Well done President! Sri Lankans are really tough people with self-respect .In the name of religion, they have behaved the innocent teenage girl by citing the Religious rules , they Behaved like Dracula..Shame on you Saudi Arabia- a country with out humanity and passions.I do not believe that their so called fundamentalist law equalizes every one.No Never.Their law interpret the concepts on thyme for various people in different ways.A true human will always respects the religious significance thoroughly on the basis of humanity not certainly on fanatic idiocies.
Sri Lanka should bring tough laws against child labor exporters.In term of economics, Sri Lanka may be not strong as the first world.But it is far ahead in rest of the fields as compare to Middle East.

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Ruvini Friday, 11 January 2013 06:18 AM

Yes, they may not CRY. But, our dignity is safer.

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wishwa Friday, 11 January 2013 08:22 AM

Stupid move, stupid comment mike "send all sri lankan back is the best news".
Do you know how many millions of sri lankans surviving their lifes from saudi employeements, thousands of professional bring billions of rupees to sri lanka, if they go back to sri lanka what will happen???

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gsyas Friday, 11 January 2013 08:26 AM

tankew

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Naleer Friday, 11 January 2013 08:43 AM

World says barbaric or cruel but least crime rate in whole world is Saudi Bcos strict law. How many lives we loose day by day here? example now a days errant drivers are rare Y ? fine double than before.

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Trueman Friday, 11 January 2013 08:48 AM

Why should the decision be President's? Surely External Affairs ministry is man enough to do this or is our country becoming a one man puppet show?

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fact Friday, 11 January 2013 09:06 AM

Stop working for others, lets work together to build a stronger and healthy future for our children!
well, nice to hear this, but in which country are we going to do this?

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TDKR Friday, 11 January 2013 10:57 AM

@Mike- the root cause is an impoverished nation in which daughters,mothers, sisters are sold for slavery willingly without thinking twice. its not the Saudis we have to blame but ourselves for bringing the country to this point. if we have economic opportunities for all Sri Lankans, (Note the words 'all Sri Lankans') we wont have to hear any of this. (and BTW have you ever heard of house maids from Netherlands working in saudi?)

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gOBBAYA Friday, 11 January 2013 10:58 AM

Take a bow my freind!.so true.

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Afker Friday, 11 January 2013 10:59 AM

If you want to Hurt the Saudis STOP SENDING OUR WOMAN ABROAD TO WORK AS HOUSEMAIDS -Period .

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RAJO Friday, 11 January 2013 11:36 AM

why don't we send back the saudi ambassdor back to jeddah and show our anger? Can MR take a decision?

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MAN HATTON Friday, 11 January 2013 11:42 AM

Wise move would have been calling all the women employed in these countries with immediate effect. (but MR and his govt surviving in these female workers foreign revenue, how can he do it?)

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buffaloa citizen Friday, 11 January 2013 12:46 PM

No he is a coward to do that.

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David Friday, 11 January 2013 12:51 PM

Sad news from this end is according to Saudi newspapers they are not aware of that Saudi embassies is re called once again our government shows that they don’t now the proper porter call and showing the crocodile tears for cheap publicity in Sri Lanka.

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Sahan Saturday, 12 January 2013 05:41 AM

Great move. I think we should teach the Saudis a lesson.

It's time to invade Saudi. I think our navy is capable of.

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Rush Friday, 11 January 2013 12:00 AM

Totally agree with Dan's comments. The government and the president had time since 2005 to sort out this matter and it's a foolish move now to call back our Mission head from SA,Are we to believe this move will have an impact on the issue in hand ? This is what happen when you send fools to parliament to represent the public via DM iPad app

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sunil edirisinghe Thursday, 10 January 2013 02:19 PM

stop sending maids and create jobs in our country... we know you cant do that... at least hand over the country for a better future !

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Dan Thursday, 10 January 2013 02:32 PM

Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to categorically state, that the singular responsibility for this innocent young Sri Lankan woman’s death is upon the President of Sri Lanka, Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksha. His office and the government led by him shamelessly neglected the life of this innocent Sri Lankan woman, who remained incarcerated aboard since May 2005.

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Rowan Thursday, 10 January 2013 12:00 AM

As if they care.

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imam Thursday, 10 January 2013 04:43 PM

i hate to see a saudi in sri lanka again!!!!!!

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Bogambara Thursday, 10 January 2013 04:46 PM

Good move. We should stop all dealings with this barbaric country. Govt should also take necessary steps to stop sending our women to middle east as house maids. They can earn money, but ruin their family life. And most of them getting ill treatments and getting torched. All Govts after 1977 should responsible for this pathetic situation.

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hewa Thursday, 10 January 2013 04:49 PM

This is just to cheat the masses... but the million dollar question is .... IS THIS A WISE MOVE?

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Adil Thursday, 10 January 2013 05:01 PM

From what happened, what i feel is, unlike in Sri Lanka, even the king of saudi does not have the power to forgive an accused except the victim.

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akashi Friday, 11 January 2013 12:00 AM

keep sucking up to the iranians and expecting favorable treatment from saudis......foreign policy at its lowest ebb...stupidity at its best via DM Android App

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Bobo Friday, 11 January 2013 02:15 AM

I don't support the barbarity of be-headings, and I don't know if Rizana was criminally negligent in the death of the child; but this all started when her family forged papers and was abetted by an unscrupulous foreign employment agency. In other words, the real blame for this tragedy started at home.

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Wara Friday, 11 January 2013 03:03 AM

Well done !

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Machan Friday, 11 January 2013 03:17 AM

Yes, the million dollar answer is it is a wise move if done with proper intensions. One human life is worth more than a billion barrels of oil. The barbaric middles eastern countries has to be isolated from the civilized nations. Obama wake up!

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aliya Friday, 11 January 2013 03:27 AM

A crocodile will not feel bite of a mosquito

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buffaloa citizen Friday, 11 January 2013 03:36 AM

Boo Hoo Saudi Arabia is going to cry over this move and say to SL ......please please send back your ambassador. Ha Ha what a joke... just shows the level of understanding that our rulers have on international issues. Now can anybody tell me, where does Saudi Arabia get hurt by this action? Simple bullshitting to the masses.

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kevin Friday, 11 January 2013 03:37 AM

good move by H.E....ur a great leader sir!

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Fair N Square Thursday, 10 January 2013 02:15 PM

Stupid move. WE have to keep in mind that NOT only women work in the middle east. IF they repatriate all SL's we have a case in hand that we will take decades to solve.. Can we provide with jobs to all those who are overseas? NO .. Am not a supporter of What happened but we got to be practical.. and learn to be Romans when in Rome...

There was NO chance of a reversal of the verdict but our govt and relevent "People of wisdom" were simply hoodwinking the masses to show that they tried every possible avenue. All a farce....We do NOT have what it takes to stand up to the Saudi govt... accept the fact and move on....

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Anushka Friday, 11 January 2013 05:25 AM

Verdict of another king Kakille type.

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Ansari Friday, 11 January 2013 05:40 AM

There are bad people among us, similarly, so all nations. So God knows the best and will punish the culprits.

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mercy Friday, 11 January 2013 05:39 AM

If the saudis have signed the international law prohibitng executions of culprits under eighteen years of age then they be taken to task.

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Zafarulla khan Friday, 11 January 2013 05:44 AM

the girl has already been punished by keeping her in the prison for such a long time and keeping her away from her relatives...Saudis are not ruled by the Holy Quran but by the jewish traditional laws such as stoning to death and beheading. In the
Holy Quran there is no mention of beheading. Further in exercising the law, human factors should be taken to consideration and they could have easily given enough time for the girl to be pardoned by the parents. ..., and also the Muslim clergy and the Saudi clery who have demonstrated that they do not hold water and are a spent force. May God Almighty send his curse on the people concerned for this cruel murder of the innocent girl

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Farzan Friday, 11 January 2013 05:42 AM

Good work Mr. Amunugama... Keep it up... At the same time lets try to do something to enhance the living standard of Rizana's family...

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Nithan Friday, 11 January 2013 06:07 AM

I learn that a Saudi man wants to buy a house for Rizana's parents. We must reject the offer and start a fund to help her parents.

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ZAHIRHILTON Friday, 11 January 2013 06:10 AM

Thank You Mr. Tilak Amunugama.

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ZAHIRHILTON Friday, 11 January 2013 06:11 AM

We quite agree with what the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka has stated (See Below)

The Holy Quran furthermore, urges in Verse 15:85 to overlook (any human faults) with gracious forgiveness. Thus we see the implementation of the death penalty as going against the spirit and the letter of Islamic law, the Muslim Council of Sri Lanka said.

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ZAHIRHILTON Friday, 11 January 2013 06:11 AM

Rizana Nafeek came to KSA as a Housemaid and NOT as a baby sitter.

-A baby sitter by all norms and established practices is a professional vocation.

-A Baby sitter is a qualified and trained person similar to a Nurse.

-Rizana Nafeek , perhaps like all other housemaids would have come to KSA for a meagre salary of SR 450.00!!!

-A Baby Sitter would cost the Otaibi family SR 3000.00 or more!!!!

-Is'nt is punishable offence to leave an infant child in the care of an untrained maid who had just arrived in KSA and started work for the Otaibi family.

WAS THE HONORABLE BENCH OF JUDGES AVAILED/INFORMED OF ALL THESE FACTS!!!

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Dan Friday, 11 January 2013 06:16 AM

She is convicted by the court of law of that count

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Ruvini Friday, 11 January 2013 06:18 AM

With million Dollars, do we ant to tarnish our values? Demolish poor families? loos of sisters, daughters? What mean Dollars if we loose all above?

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A.M.J. Sadiq Friday, 11 January 2013 06:16 AM

no probs. they will send the same donkey again ASAP.. will see.

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Ruvini Friday, 11 January 2013 06:17 AM

There may be lacal laws, but, thet=y should be subject to the Internantional Humanitaran Laws. If some countries do not obey such international standards, all of the world should take action to isolate such countries.

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