Lankan woman sentenced to death in UAE pardoned
August 15, 2011 07:35 am
A Sri Lankan woman accused of murdering death to a sponsor’s wife by
repeatedly hitting her head and face with an ornamental pot has been pardoned
five years after a Sharia Court issued Capital punishment on her.
The Sri Lankan Embassy of UAE in a release said that Mrs. Abdul Careem Kanzul Maharifa who was given Capital punishment had been released following appeals made on behalf of her.
“The Embassy and the External Affairs Ministry in Sri Lanka have been
continuously working on this matter since the alleged incident and at last
there is good news that the request for clemency has been granted and she is
out of the said death sentence”, the statement adds.
“This is one of the rare cases of the Sri Lankan Embassy in the UAE worked tirelessly and continuously for the freedom of this lady to the credit of the staff and the previous Ambassadors and especially the Consular Division of the Ministry of External Affairs of Sri Lanka”, the statement said.
The woman was sent back to Sri Lanka on July 31.
