Ekneligoda family, rights groups oppose promotion of officer accused in journalist's disappearance

ACTIVISTS and media freedom organisations have objected to the promotion of a military intelligence officer named in the enforced disappearance case of journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda.

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In a letter addressed to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Prageeth Ekneligoda’s wife Sandya Ekneligoda said she learned through media reports that Lt. Col. Erantha Radeesh Peiris had been promoted to the rank of Brigadier. She said she strongly opposed the decision, noting that Peiris is a defendant in the ongoing criminal case relating to her husband's disappearance in 2010.