Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando, who were sentenced to death today (31) over the Easter Sunday terror attacks case, have been transported from the court to prison.
The majority of judges of the Colombo Permanent Trial-at-Bar ruled to sentence the two former senior officials after finding them guilty of charges including dereliction of duty and abetting murder by failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks despite receiving prior intelligence information.
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Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara and former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando, who were sentenced to death today...
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Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando has also been found guilty and sentenced to death by the Colombo Permanent High Court...
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Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara was on Friday sentenced to death by a majority decision of a...
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Lieutenant General Nilantha Premaratne has been appointed as the new Commander of the Sri Lanka Army. The appointment comes after...
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