The Cabinet of Ministers has granted approval for conducting an investigation on the Killing Edward Henry Pedris 108 years ago by a decision of the colonial court-martial
Edward Henry Pedris, who was 27 years of age at the time, was brought before a military court and
convicted of treason by the colonial administration who rule Sri Lanka at the time accusing him of rioting and treason against the government, and on 07.07.1915 he was sentenced to death ignoring all appeals.
The body of the late Henry Pedris has been cremated at an undisclosed location following the procedure prescribed for the cremation of a convicted criminal under martial law.
It was later revealed that he was killed as a result of
a plan carried out by the senior officials who ruled the country at that time.
As such the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by the President to appoint a three-member committee chaired by Anil Gunarathna, retired Supreme Court Judge, to reveal the information about this , study the relevant matters and submit a report with recommendations to the Cabinet of Ministers in order to bring justice to him.
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