Sri Lanka, Feb. 7 -- Ahimsa Wickrematunge, daughter of the slain Editor in Chief of The Sunday Leader newspaper has requested Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya to impeach the Attorney General for gross abuse of power/gross neglect of duty in connection with the criminal proceedings on the assassination of her father Lasantha Wickrematunge.

In her letter to the Prime Minister, Ahimsa Wickrematunge has said she is concerned about the action taken by the Attorney General (AG), Parinda Ranasinghe, to discharge three individuals who had been named as suspects in Mount Lavinia Magistrates Court (Case NO: B 92/2009), the inquiry into the assassination of her father.

She further stated, "I am grateful to your government for its swift announce...