Duminda Silva pardoned

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Former politician Duminda Silva has been granted a Presidential pardon.

The Department of Prisons stated that it had received the documentation from the President’s Office to free Duminda on a Presidential pardon.

As a result Duminda was set free today (24) on a Presidential pardon.

Duminda was convicted over the murder of Presidential Advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra in 2011.