Premalal Jayasekara

Premalal Jayasekara
MP
ප්‍රේමලාල් ජයසේකර
பிரேமலால் ஜெயசேகரன்
Deputy Minister of River Basin & Rajarata Development
Deputy Minister of Power & Energy
In office
2010 – 12 January 2015
Member of Parliament
for Ratnapura District
In office
2001–2024
Personal details
Born (1974-11-16) November 16, 1974 (age 50)
Political partySri Lanka Freedom Party
Other political
affiliations		United People's Freedom Alliance
Residence(s)Gampathi Niwasa, Halkandaliya, Niwithigala

Halkedaliya Lekamlage alias Mahawela Lekamlage Premalal Jayasekara (Sinhala: ප්‍රේමලාල් ජයසේකර), also known by his pseudonym Choka Malli (Sinhala: චොකා මල්ලි) is a Sri Lankan convicted murderer, politician, and is a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka[1] and a former government deputy minister.

On 31 July 2020, he along with two others were sentenced to death over a fatal shooting during the 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election.[2] but were acquitted and released by the Court of Appeal on 31 March 2022.[3]

  1. ^ "Premalal Jayasekara, M.P." The Parliament of Sri Lanka. The Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Former MP Premalal Jayasekara sentenced to death". adaderana.lk. Ada Derana. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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