Lasantha's death: Deals and tweets over 'horrible truth'

It is a known secret that the previous Yahapalanaya government came to power after riding on the failures, killings and human rights violations that were committed during the last Rajapaksa regime for purely political reasons. One of them was the killing of the Editor of the now-defunct Sunday Leader newspaper, Lasantha Wickrematunge in 2009.

Yahapalanaya leaders assured to bring the perpetrators to justice but, like most of their election promises, it was also a forgotten assurance.

But the case is being revived by a journalists' inquiry in terms of ' A Safer World For The Truth' initiative. The initiative involves Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Free Press Unlimited and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). It investigates, documents and pursues justice for murdered journalists. Under this initiative, an inquiry has been initiated to probe the Sri Lanka government for its failure to investigate the murder of Lasantha Wickrematunge.

Reacting to the move, former State Minister and oppostion parliamentarian Harsha de Silva said in a tweet that he doesn’t know who had what deal. "Horrible truth is that certain people had deals." When questioned further by Twitter users about the failure by Yahapalanaya leaders to investigate the murder, he said: "But why is the investigation not moving if that is not the case. That is the horrible truth."