Patriotic or not what he did to inform about the corruption and stuff so the tax payers of the country knows what's going on with their money. He was a good lawyer, a Journalist, Advisory and a true gentlemen. Gov could not stop him by bombing his house on numerous occasions and even burning down his press. Only Bullets could stop him and that's how he was silenced. No wonder SL is heading on a collision course. What democracy is there? Killing the people who is acting against the GOV is not acceptable. Truth hurts. No wonder Tamil people took arms more than 3 decades ago to fight the Sinhalese people.
Lasantha May you Rest in Peace.