Sri Lanka, Oct. 14 -- A man known as 'Dubai Sudda', identified as Ranthathige Nisshanka Priyadarshana, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment, suspended, fined Rs. 100,000 and ordered to pay Rs. 700,000 in compensation to complainants over a foreign employment fraud case.

The sentence was delivered by the Kuliyapitiya Magistrate's Court in a case filed by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE).

The suspect was accused of obtaining money by promising overseas employment in Dubai using tourist visas.

He was arrested following a complaint lodged with the Bureau by a resident of Giriulla, who alleged that the suspect had obtained Rs. 700,000 on the promise of providing employment in Dubai but had failed to deliver the ...