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Mark Meechan ( pronounced [miːkæn]) (born 19 October 1987 [1]) is a Scottish YouTuber, comedian, [5] and former candidate for the European Parliament. [6] [7] He uses the pseudonym Count Dankula . Meechan received press coverage when he posted a video showing him teaching his girlfriend's dog how to raise its paw in the manner of a Nazi ...
The Welikada Prison ( Sinhala: වැලිකඩ බන්ධනාගාරය; also known as the Magazine Prison) is a maximum-security prison and the largest prison in Sri Lanka. It was built in 1841 by the British colonial government under Governor Campbell. The prison covers an area of 48 acres (190,000 m 2 ). It is overcrowded with about ...
The Department is also responsible for the transportation of prisoners within the country with the assistance of the Sri Lanka Police. Facilities. Prison Headquarters, Colombo Sri Lanka Prisons Emergency Action and Tactical Force; The Centre for Research and Training in Corrections; Maximum security prisons - 4 Angunakolapelessa Prison (est. 2017)
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Sri Lanka. [1] Although no executions have been carried out since 23 June 1976, death sentences continue to be handed down by the High and Supreme Courts for murder and drug trafficking convictions. [2] The government decided to reinstate capital punishment in 2004 for cases of rape, drug trafficking and ...
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Samaarasingha Arachchige Madush Lakshitha alias Makandure Madush. 1979–2020 [39] 2002–2020-10-20. Makandure Madush was an underworld leader and a drug kingpin, who led organized crime and drug trafficking in Sri Lanka. He was alleged on murder of Southern Development Authority Chairman Danny Hittetiyage in 2006.
Sri Lanka passed new legislation in order to try him in their courts and sentenced him to five years in prison. His wife and son returned safely to Italy. According to Rajan Hoole's book Sri Lanka: The Arrogance of Power: Myths, Decadence and Murder, Ekanayake was allegedly involved in the 1983 Welikada prison massacre of Tamil inmates.
Maru Sira. Dedduwa Jayathungalage " D.J. " Siripala ( Sinhala: දෙද්දුවා ජයතුංගලාගේ සිරිපාල; 1949 – August 7, 1975), also known by the pseudonym Maru Sira ( Maru: deadly, Sira: Short form of Siripala), was a Sri Lankan young criminal and bandit active from the late 1960s until the mid 1970s. He ...