Hands Off Cain
SRI LANKA·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 16, 2001·1 MIN READ

A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at...

A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city

A Sri Lankan expatriate, Vina Sishabi, was hanged at the central prison of Kuwait city. He was sentenced to death for killing a Sri Lankan woman, Chandra Smayerla, on 6 November 1997. The criminal court death sentence was ratified by His Highness the Emir Shaykh Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah.
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  • (Sources: Kuna news agency web site, monitored by BBC 16 01/2001)