Prison dept. denies social media report

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The Prisons Department today categorically denied the post which was circulating in social media platform claiming that former Army Staff Sergeant R.M. Sunil Ratnayake who was sentenced to death was granted Presidential pardon, a senior official of the Prisons Department said.

The former Staff Sergeant attached to Sri Lanka Army who was found guilty for the murder of eight Tamil civilians in Mirusuvil, Jaffna in 2000 was sentenced to death on June 25 by the Colombo High Court after a 13-year-trial.

The prison's senior official said no such order had been received by the department for the release of former Staff Sergeant.(Chaturanga Samarawickrama)

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wait and see Wednesday, 20 November 2019 03:24 PM

soon drug dealer duminda Silva will be out...

Mokan Kosappu Wednesday, 20 November 2019 04:13 PM

Tamil Lives doesn’t matter ?

Vipin B. Wednesday, 20 November 2019 05:48 PM

Duminda will be the next to go free. Very soon, all criminals will be out.

No Rights Wednesday, 20 November 2019 07:49 PM

This what people of this country asked for, and that’s exactly what they’ll get. Well done Srilankan’s!

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