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Presidential pardon misused, CID
Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka
|June 09, 2025
An ongoing investigation by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) into allegations that several inmates were released illegally during the 2025 Vesak period, revealed that a number of inmates were illegally released under the guise of the Presidential Vesak Pardon this year.
The investigation was launched following a complaint filed by the Presidential Secretariat on June 6, alleging that unauthorized inmates were released in addition to those officially approved under the presidential pardon programme. Earlier, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ajith P. Perera raised questions in Parliament regarding the swift pardon of W.M. Athula Tilakaratne, who was convicted on May 2nd for misappropriating R
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