Dappula de Livera

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Role: Attorney General in 2019
Appears on: Easter attacks
Disappearances and wartime killings

Connections (6)

Dappula de Livera / Directed criminal investigation of, May 2019 / Pujith JayasundaraAllegation
- A criminal investigation led by a CID Superintendent of Police was under way, on the Attorney General’s instructions, into why he and Hemasiri Fernando failed to act on intelligence warnings.19 May 2019 · The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) · Former Defence Secretary and IGP face criminal charges
- The Attorney General wrote to the acting police chief that they should be brought before a magistrate for “criminal negligence”. Jayasundara was arrested on 2 July 2019 while undergoing hospital treatment. Both men denied all the allegations.2 Jul 2019 · Al Jazeera · Sri Lanka police chief arrested over Easter attacks failures
Dappula de Livera / Directed criminal investigation of, May 2019 / Hemasiri FernandoAllegation
- A criminal investigation led by a CID Superintendent of Police was under way, on the Attorney General’s instructions, into why he and Pujith Jayasundara failed to act on intelligence warnings.19 May 2019 · The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) · Former Defence Secretary and IGP face criminal charges
- The Attorney General wrote to the acting police chief that they should be brought before a magistrate for “criminal negligence”. Fernando was arrested on 2 July 2019 while undergoing hospital treatment. Both men denied all the allegations.2 Jul 2019 · Al Jazeera · Sri Lanka police chief arrested over Easter attacks failures
Dappula de Livera / Studied the interim report of / Presidential committee on the Easter attacks, 2019
- After studying the interim report of the three-member committee, the Attorney General instructed the CID to investigate the failure to act on the warnings.19 May 2019 · The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) · Former Defence Secretary and IGP face criminal charges
Dappula de Livera / Ordered police to trace key witnesses; prosecutor to seek a fresh trial, July 2019 / Killing of five students in Trincomalee, 2006
- His spokeswoman announced that he had ordered police to trace three key witnesses and that the State prosecutor would seek a fresh trial after the case was dismissed. The article does not give his reasons.13 Jul 2019 · Daily FT · Sri Lanka seeks fresh trial over student massacre
Dappula de Livera / Ordered police to speed up the investigation, 13 June 2019 / Killing of 17 Action Contre La Faim workers, Muttur, 4 August 2006
- Human Rights Watch reports that on 13 June 2019 he ordered police to speed up the investigation, and asked the acting police chief to report on progress.1 Aug 2019 · Human Rights Watch · Sri Lanka: No Progress in Prosecuting Aid Worker Massacre
Dappula de Livera / Ordered police to speed up the murder investigation, 13 June 2019 / Lasantha Wickrematunge
- Human Rights Watch reports that on 13 June 2019 he ordered police to speed up the Action Contre La Faim investigation and two other high-profile cases, plus the 2009 murder of editor Lasantha Wickrematunge.1 Aug 2019 · Human Rights Watch · Sri Lanka: No Progress in Prosecuting Aid Worker Massacre