CID records nearly 5-hour statement from Maithripala

 

The former president provided a statement with regard to the presidential pardon to Royal Park murder convict Jude Shramantha Jayamaha. 

In early November 2019, former President Sirisena released the convict, who was sentenced to death over the Royal Park murder case in 2005, on presidential pardon. 

Shramantha Jayamaha was convicted of murdering 19-year-old Swedish national, Yvonne Jonsson on July 01, 2005, and was sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Colombo High Court.