Fresh hopes for Rizana

by Mohammed Rasooldeen

RIYADH: A Sri Lankan delegation visiting Dawadmi, 380 kms from the capital, was given a warm welcome by the Otaibi tribe leader Mohamed Faihan Shoraim Al-Otaibi.

The high-powered delegation led by Western Province Governor Alavi Moulana met the tribal leaders of the Otaibi family on Thursday to seek pardon for Rizana Nafeek. Nafeek was convicted of killing a four-month-old infant in Dawadmi on May 2005. The warm welcome accorded to the visiting panel raised fresh hopes for the release of death row housemaid Nafeek.