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Lankan convicts in Saudi appeal to Mahinda
Tuesday, 29 November 2005 - 3:54 AM SL Time
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Three Sri Lankans convicted of murder have had their files forwarded to the Saudi Arabian King for his authorization of execution, reports from the Kingdom said.
Sources said the Sri Lankans had been in prison for more than a year and there were doubts whether the King would grant them a pardon or order them to be beheaded.
Parents, relatives and friends are seeking the immediate intervention of President Mahinda Rajapakse to negotiate with Saudi authorities to obtain a pardon for the four prisoners.
Ranjith Silva, Sanath Pushpakumara and E.J. Victor Corea were arrested on March 10 last year on charges of armed robbery and possession of illegal weapons and on March 24 the Saudi Arabian government authorized the prisoners to be beheaded.
Earlier the Working Committee for the Protection of Rights of Sri Lankan Migrant Workers in a bid to save the three Lankans urged the intervention of the then President Chandrika Kumaratunga or the then Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse.
However, Ranjith Silva speaking to the Daily Mirror from the Saudi prison said that the authorities had completely ignored them and even the usual visit of a Sri Lankan official was stopped some months ago.
'Sri Lankan embassy officials, including the Foreign Employment Bureau, have lost interest. Even some of those non-governmental organizations who compelled the authorities on our behalf have lost their enthusiasm. It`s only our family members who are still fighting for us,' he said.
Ranjith said their only hope for saving their lives was now in the hands of President Rajapakse.
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Maninder
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29 Nov 2005 07:06:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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| The president should interfere. The guys might have been guilty, but it would be in humanity's interest to make an attempt to spare them from execution with the new Saudi King, who is the most progressive and matured one in Saudi's history. |
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29 Nov 2005 08:45:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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| The Shri Lankan Head of the state should make effort to free these men. All Muslim people of the Shri Lankan state please politely request King Abdulla pardon your follow citizens. They are human beings as yourself. |
ajan
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29 Nov 2005 10:33:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mahinda can understand them as he is a thief too. he should ask the king i stole or try to stole 84million rupee my people voted me to the top job.
i thought Arabs are the dumbs in the world, now i know who is the dumbest. |
ajan
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29 Nov 2005 13:43:22 GMT Report for Abuse
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AHINDA STARTED HIS WORK STRAIGHTAWAY!
Fraud in President?s fund
[28th November,2005 - 02.30 S.L.T)
Information has been revealed of a Rs.750 million fraud from President?s fund. Three cheques had been prepared to release the money.
The fraud was revealed when investigations were done on an exposure by a week-end English newspaper. |
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29 Nov 2005 15:14:45 GMT Report for Abuse
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Government officials should intervene to prevent from executing.
But, let them to stay in the jail for some time, other wise, they will do the same in SL. |
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29 Nov 2005 17:52:23 GMT Report for Abuse
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Lives of these men of Shri Lankan Citizens should be saved. They have been there for employment which the SL government (which associates with Marxists & Racist religious groups) of SAL could not provide them employment.
The muslims of SL should also appeal to the muslim king. |
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29 Nov 2005 18:22:02 GMT Report for Abuse
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I do not know what has this got to do with the muslims but Sri Lankan Government can appeal to the King Abdullah through the respective channels.
We have to understand that Over 1.2 Million Sri Lankans are employed in the middle East benefitting over 5-6 Million or 1/4 population directly.
It our duty as Srilankans to respect the ;laws of these countries without getting involved in Robberies,Prostituion,manufacture of Alchohol Etc |
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29 Nov 2005 18:43:13 GMT Report for Abuse
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| MAHINDA IS VERY CLOSE TO SAUDI AUTHORITIES. HE HIMSELF CAN REQUEST THIS FROM THE KING AS A GOODWILL GESTURE. EITHER THEY CAN CONTINUE THE SENTENCE IN SRI LANKA OR IN SAUDI ITSELF. WHOEVER IS ON THE DEATH ROW, WE MUST SHOW COMPASSION TO THEM. |
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29 Nov 2005 21:34:31 GMT Report for Abuse
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Maninder,
I refer to your response to this.
You say 'The president should interfere. The guys might have been guilty, but it would be in humanity's interest to make an attempt to spare them from execution with the new Saudi King, who is the most progressive and matured one in Saudi's history'
By saying that the president should interfere, you are acknowledgeing that the government of Sri Lanka has not been involved in these issues.
We have a similar problem here in Australia - with a drug trafficker in Singapore prison - to be executed on Friday. Our Prime Minister did respond but I feel that It was done without much 'feeling'. This is because the Prime Minsiter does not feel connected intuitively to the migrant from Vietnam. The treatment given to White Australians was with that 'feeling'. Right or Wrong - that is the Truth. Migrants must know this and therefore rely on themselves and not on government / political influence.
Do you think that the President of Sri Lanka would intervene if those to be executed in Saudi were Tamils - especially Tamils supporting the Tiger cause?
love
gaja
Edited By - Gaja - 29 Nov 2005 21:42:23 GMT |
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