Siri Perera
QC (February 1910 – 1995) was a
Criminal lawyer, a Buddhist leader who was one time the President of the Colombo
YMBA. He was also a former Sri Lanka
High Commissioner to
India
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.
Early life and education
Perera was educated at
Nalanda College Colombo
Nalanda College () is a Buddhist school in Sri Lanka that provides primary and secondary education for boys.[Sri Lanka Law College
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. 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.
An account of life in Hulftsdorp
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See also
*Sri Lankan Non Career Diplomats
This is a list of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats, who have been appointed by Government of Sri Lanka as Ambassadors and High Commissioners, but are not career diplomats by profession, meaning they are not from the Sri Lanka Foreign Service, but ...
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 people
Sri Lankan lawyers
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo
High commissioners of Sri Lanka to India
Faculty of Nalanda College, Colombo