Shyamali Perera, wife of former DIG Vass Gunawardena, was quoted as saying that she will appeal against the ruling of the Mohammed Shiyam murder trial, local media reported.
Vass Gunawardena, his son Ravindu Gunawardena and four others were sentenced to death for murder on Friday. However, Perera said that certain people wanted to take revenge from her husband.
She also pointed out that Shiyam's father had insisted on the innocence of her husband. Shiyam's father did say that Vass Gunawardena was not responsible for the murder. However, he later withdrew his statement.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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