Srilanka, Feb. 11 -- The current controversy over the letter sent by Attorney General (AG) Parinda Ranasinghe to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director to release three suspects from a case related to the murder of former Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge raises many questions.
Subsequent to an uproar over the AG's decision, his department issued a statement stating that the letter dated 27 January, sent by the AG to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Director regarding case no. B92/2009 before the Mt. Lavinia Magistrate's Court, are not the same suspects arrested in connection with Wickrematunge's murder.
However, the journalists' organisations and Wickrematunge's family seem to believe that the suspect...