14 March 2024 07:37 am Views - 133
By T.K.G.Kapila
A Chinese woman who attempted to leave her daughter with a Sri Lankan nanny and flee the country was arrested at the Katunayake International Airport by the airport police on Tuesday night (12) when she was about to board a plane.
Investigations revealed that the 35 year old Chinese woman had been living with her mother and two daughters in a rented house in Dubai and earned her living as a dancer in night clubs.
The Sri Lankan nanny employed by her to look after her three and a half year old daughter was a 53 year old woman from Potuhera in Kurunegala. The Nanny had returned to the country recently after the expiry of her VISA, but the little child who loved her more than the mother was taken ill after separating from her and could not be consoled.
The Chinese woman and her mother with the infant child had arrived in Sri Lanka a couple of days ago and, as requested, was met by the Sri Lankan Nanny. They had left the child with the latter under the pretext of going away for some while, had attempted to sneak out of the country.
During investigations of the complaint received from the Sri Lankan woman police arrested the two Chinese women who attempted to fly back to Dubai leaving the child with the former nanny. The child was admitted to Negombo hospital under the care of the Sri Lankan woman.
The two Chinese women were to be produced before the Negombo magistrate yesterday.