Supreme Court Summons Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Today (17) Over Presidential Pardon of Death-Row Army Sergeant
In 2000, the sergeant was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court for the controversial killing of eight displaced civilians, including a five-year-old child, in the Mirisuvil area of Jaffna. The summons was issued in response to a fundamental rights petition filed by Dr. Pakyasothy Saravanamuthu, Executive Director of the Alternative Policy Center, and brought before a Supreme Court bench consisting of Mr. Yasanta Kodagoda and Mr. Achala Vengappuli.
