1 September 2016 06:23 pm
He told the media at his office that President Sirisena was a person who never harboured hatred towards anyone and was compassionate to all and therefore he didn’t think President Sirisena would refuse if there was a request from the student’s family to pardon him on sympathetic grounds.
“The request must come from his family to the President for a pardon after the formal inquiries on the illegal cyber trespassing and court investigations are over,” he said.
Responding to a journalist he said a presidential pardon was granted to the LTTE cadre who attempted on his life and the Tamil girl who desecrated Sigiriya murals on a request made by families of both offenders and added that the law must take its course first before considering any request or granting of a pardon.
The schoolboy has been produced before Colombo Chief Magistrate by the Police and placed under probation until today. (Sandun A Jayasekera)