Siri Perera
QC (February 1910 – 1995) was a
Criminal lawyer
A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer (mostly barristers) specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity. Some criminal defense lawyers are privately retained, while others are employed by the various ...
, a Buddhist leader who was one time the President of the Colombo
YMBA
The YMBA, or Young Men's Buddhist Association, was created in Sri Lanka in 1898. The main founder was C. S. DissanayakeHuman Rights Watch (2009)''The Resistance of the Monks: Buddhism and Activism in Burma'' p. 12. as part of a bid to provide Budd ...
. He was also a former Sri Lanka
High Commissioner to
India.
Early life and education
Perera was educated at
Nalanda College Colombo
''Āpadāna Sobhinī Panñā''
, motto_translation = Character Illumines Wisdom
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, founder = Patrick de Silva Kularatne
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. He was also a member of the teaching staff at Nalanda. He was also a graduate of
Sri Lanka Law College
Sri Lanka Law College (abbreviated as SLLC), formerly known as Ceylon Law College, is a law college, and the only legal institution where one can enroll as a attorney-at-law in Sri Lanka. It was established in 1874, under the then Council of Legal ...
. He obtained a First Class in the Final Examination and was enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in March 1933.
Criminal lawyer
In Perera's career as a criminal lawyer he appeared for some well known cases such as Galle Face flats murder case, Turf Club robbery and murder case, Matara Police Station murder case and Dematagoda acid bath murder case.
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See also
* Sri Lankan Non Career Diplomats
References
* By Rajah Kuruppu - Vice President Colombo YMBA
* By Rajah Kuruppu
* By L. V. P. Wettasinghe
* By Ronnie de Mel
* Reviewed by Dhanapala Nissanka
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1910 births
1995 deaths
Sinhalese lawyers
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo
High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to India
Faculty of Nalanda College, Colombo