Prison dept. denies social media report

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The Prison Department categorically denied the post which circulating on social media claiming that former army sergeant who was sentenced to death was granted the Presidential pardon, a senior official of the Prisons Department said.

The former sergeant attached to Sri Lanka Army who was found guilty for the murder of eight Tamil civilians in Mirusuvil, Jaffna in 2000 was sentenced to death on June 25 by the Colombo High Court after a 13-year-trial.

The prison’s senior official said no such order had received the department for the release of former sergeant.