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Why The Assassination Of Lasantha Wickrematunge Still Haunts Sri Lanka

By Faraz Salley – In September of last year, security minister Ananda Wijepala informed Parliament that investigations into the 2009 assassination of prolofic journalist and human rights defender Lasantha Wickrematunge, has now been completed and handed to the Attorney General. The assassination of Wickrematunge constitutes a flagrant and prima facie case of egregious corruption, precipitating a profound crisis of confidence in Sri Lanka’s justi…
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Colombo Telegraph broke the news in on Friday, January 9, 2026.
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