Duminda Silva

Hon.
Duminda Silva
MP
Member of Parliament
for Colombo
In office
22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015
Majority146,336 Preferential Votes
Member of Western Provincial Council
In office
2004–2010
Personal details
Born
Arumadura Lawrence Romelo Duminda Silva

(1974-12-03) 3 December 1974 (age 49)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Political partySri Lanka Podujana Peramuna
Residence(s)40/8 Perera Mawatha,
Pelawatta, Battaramulla
Websiterdumindhasilva.com
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Arumadura Lawrence Romelo Duminda Silva (born 3 December 1974: as Sinhala :දුමින්ද සිල්වා), popularly as Duminda Silva or R. Dumindha Silva, is a Sri Lankan politician and a former Member of Parliament.[1][2] He is the brother of Raynor Silva, owner of the Asia Broadcasting Corporation.[3] On 8 September 2016 he was sentenced to death by the High Court of Sri Lanka for the murder of Sri Lankan politician Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra, a political rival.

On 24 June 2021 he was released under a special presidential pardon by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.[4] However, the Supreme Court has issued an interim order suspending the pardon and he was later re-arrested.[5][6]

  1. ^ "R. Dumindha Silva". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-10-13.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference prefcolombo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Jabbar, Zacki (14 November 2007). "Duminda joined Govt. to protect family business, personal interests – Attanayake". The Island, Sri Lanka.
  4. ^ "Sri Lanka : Former MP Duminda Silva serving a death sentence released under a special presidential pardon". www.colombopage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  5. ^ "SC suspends special presidential pardon granted to Duminda Silva". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  6. ^ "Duminda Silva arrested by the CID". www.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 2022-06-06.