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Presidential pardon to President's friend who killed his mistress
2010-08-29
Former Basnayake Nilame of the Saman Devala in Ratnapura, Anton Tennekoon, who was sentenced to life in prison by courts for the murder of his mistress was released on the 27th after he received a Presidential pardon. The former Basnayake Nilame is a close friend of the President.Tennekoon was ordered the death penalty by Colombo High Court in August 2007 and was in the Welikada Prison till now.After assuming office in 2005, President Mahinda Rajapaksa released many of his friends and party men in jail through Presidential pardons. Minister Milroy Fernando's wife who was given the death penalty for
killing a woman was also released on a Presidential pardon during the Womens' Day.
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