Saudi woman gets capital punishment for killing Bangladeshi maid
By Md. Kamruzzaman
DHAKA, Bangladesh: A Criminal Court in Saudi Arabia on February 14 handed capital punishment to a housewife of the Country in the conviction of murdering a Bangladeshi female migrant worker two years ago, in a clear sign of the plights of the domestic workers in the middle-eastern Country.
“A Riyadh Criminal Court delivered the verdict on the basis of (Islamic Sariah Law) Kisas, or life instead of life,” said the statement issued by the Saudi Embassy in Dhaka on Monday.
The death row convict has been identified as Ayesha-al Jizani, who brutally murdered her Bangladeshi domestic servant Mrs. Abiron Begum in March 2019, the statement added.
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