🚨 Vesak Poya Presidential Pardon Scandal: Serious Offenders Freed Instead of Approved Inmates 🇱🇰 ⭕ The Department of Prisons released 20 serious offenders instead of the 20 names listed in the official presidential pardon list—out of 388 total pardons. - Divaina ⭕ The CID confirms this is not an isolated case—similar unauthorized releases have occurred in previous years under the same pardon scheme. ⭕ MP Ajith P. Perera (SJB) exposed the case by questioning the release of W.M. Athula Tilakaratne, convicted on May 2 for Rs. 4M fraud, but released just 10 days later. ⭕ The Presidential Secretariat clarified: Tilakaratne was not on the approved list. CID launched a probe on June 6 and is now investigating the prison system. ⭕ The Assistant Commissioner of Anuradhapura Prison has already been arrested, while the Commissioner General of Prisons and other officers are being questioned. ⭕ If officials are bold enough to manipulate something as easily verifiable as a pardon list, how easily—and confidently—might they act in highly technical policy areas? A serious wake-up call for the government. #srilanka 🇱🇰 Follow us on: ❤️ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/numbers.lk 💙 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/numbers.lk 💚 WhatsApp group: https://go.numbers.lk/whatsApp 💚 WhatsApp channel: https://go.numbers.lk/wa-channel 🖤 X: https://x.com/numberslka