Sri Lanka recalled envoy from Saudi over maid's execution

Sri Lanka has recalled its envoy to Saudi Arabia to protest the execution of a young maid from the country even as the media here lamented the government's failure to prevent Riyadh from going ahead with the action Sri Lanka recalled its ambassador, Ahamed Javad, with immediate effect on Thursday in the aftermath of the execution of a Sri Lankan maid despite an appeal by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

"This (recalling the envoy) was to show our displeasure regarding the execution of Rizana Nafeek despite repeated appeals from the highest levels of government," External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunarathne Amunugama was quoted s saying by Daily Mirror newspaper.

The Lankaan mission in Riyadh, however, would continue to operate.

The Sri Lankan media conveyed the growing public anger over the execution of the housemaid with some criticising the government's failure to get clemency for her.

Nafeek, 17 at the time she left for employment in Saudi Arabia in 2005 was beheaded following a trial where she was charged with the murder of a 4-month old infant in her care.

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