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Saudis lash Aussie again, and again
AUSTRALIAN hospital worker Robert Thomas has continued to be flogged in a Saudi Arabian prison after Australia argued for his sentence to be cut, foreign affairs have said. And Saudi officials had made no guarantee the Melbourne father of three would receive an early release, despite Mr Thomas' claims he had been told he would be home by June. Mr Thomas, 56, was sentenced to 16 months' jail and 300 public lashings with a bamboo cane after his wife, a Filipino nurse, was convicted of stealing hospital equipment in June last year. The anaesthetic technician, who had been working in Saudi Arabian hospitals for a decade, was found guilty by association under the country's Sharia law. He is due for release in October. HQ of the "Religion of Peace". Posted by: Steve 2003-03-31 |
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