Sunday Leader editor Lasantha Wickramathunga who was shot when he was arriving in the office this morning in his vehicle, passed away at Kalubowila Teaching Hospital a short while ago.
Wickramathunga was a fearless journalist who exposed corruption and other malpractices of the politicians. He came under constant threat of the rulers and there were legal measures too against him.
He was shot and injured previously too and there was an attempt to arrest his under the present regime. He was continuously under the threat of a powerful person of the government.
Lasantha Wickramathunga is a past student of St. Benedict College, Kotahena. He commenced his career as a journalist from Sun newspaper. He was one time the Private Secretary of late Mrs. Sirima Bandaranaike when she was the Opposition Leader. He was the Sri Lanka Freedom Party organizer of the Colombo North electorate too.
Lasantha is the son of Colombo North former MP and Colombo Municipal Council former Deputy Mayor Harris Wickramathunga.
He was the founder editor of Sunday Leader. Leader Press was once set on fire by the forces who were in fear of his pen.
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Wickramathunga was a fearless journalist who exposed corruption and other malpractices of the politicians. He came under constant threat of the rulers and there were legal measures too against him.
He was shot and injured previously too and there was an attempt to arrest his under the present regime. He was continuously under the threat of a powerful person of the government.
Lasantha Wickramathunga is a past student of St. Benedict College, Kotahena. He commenced his career as a journalist from Sun newspaper. He was one time the Private Secretary of late Mrs. Sirima Bandaranaike when she was the Opposition Leader. He was the Sri Lanka Freedom Party organizer of the Colombo North electorate too.
Lasantha is the son of Colombo North former MP and Colombo Municipal Council former Deputy Mayor Harris Wickramathunga.
He was the founder editor of Sunday Leader. Leader Press was once set on fire by the forces who were in fear of his pen.
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RIP
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