Duminda Silva
Duminda Silva | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Colombo | |
| In office 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015 | |
| Majority | 146,336 Preferential Votes |
| Member of Western Provincial Council | |
| In office 2004–2010 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arumadura Lawrence Romelo Duminda Silva 3 December 1974 Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Political party | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna |
| Residence(s) | 40/8 Perera Mawatha, Pelawatta, Battaramulla |
| Website | rdumindhasilva.com |
| Criminal penalty | Death penalty |
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. He is the brother of Raynor Silva, owner of the Asia Broadcasting Corporation. 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. However, the Supreme Court has issued an interim order suspending the pardon and he was later re-arrested.