COLOMBO - A Chinese woman who pleaded guilty to prostitution was
fined 10 rupees (10 Singapore cents) by a magistrate in Sri Lanka, the maximum
punishment under an 1841 law, a report said Wednesday.
The woman was arrested and charged under the British colonial-era
Vagrants Ordinance against prostitution, the Colombo-based Financial Times
newspaper said.
"After taking into consideration the provisions (of the law)
Magistrate Kanishka Wijeratne ordered her to pay a fine of 10 rupees," the
paper reported.
Police Chief Inspector Mangala Dehideniya told AFP that the fine was
"ridiculous" and was far outweighed by administrative costs of the
arrest and the court hearing.
"We hope the authorities will take corrective action,"
Dehideniya said.
Police said the woman was detained in the Kollupitiya area of Colombo
where there are several casinos.
While Sri Lanka's prostitution law has not been amended since 1841,
trafficking women and children attracts a maximum 20-year jail term under
legislation passed in 2006.
Immigration authorities have recently been tracking women from China
and former Soviet republics who enter the island as tourists and operate as sex
workers.
AFP
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