Dilan to meet Rizana’s former employer

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The Sri Lankan delegation led by Minister Dilan Perera now in Saudi Arabia is expected to meet the victim’s father Naif Jiziyan Khalaf Al-Otaibi and his wife soon after Ramazan regarding the release of Lankan house maid Rizana Nafeek.

The Saudi Arabian based Arab Newspaper said that the visiting Sri Lankan delegation held discussions with authorities to see if a pardon could be worked out for Nafeek with the concerned parents.

The Sri Lankan delegation headed by the Foreign Employment Promotions Minister Dilan Perera and the Chairman of the Foreign Employment Bureau Kingsley Ranawake, explored opportunities for a negotiated pardon for Rizana Nafeek. (B.M. Murshideen)

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