Siri Perera Explained

Siri Perera
Honorific-Suffix:QC
Birth Date:February 1910
Birth Place:Sri Lanka
Death Date:1995 (aged 85)
Nationality:Sri Lankan
Other Names:U.A.S. Perera
"Siri Aiya" of Radio Ceylon
Known For:Poetry
Education:Nalanda College Colombo
Occupation:Lawyer

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.[1]

Early life and education

Perera was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. He was also a member of the teaching staff at Nalanda. He was also a graduate of Sri Lanka Law College. 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.[2]

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.[3]

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/091004/Plus/plus_17.html A guide and teacher in the study, practice and dissemination of the Dhamma - Tribute to Siri Perera
  2. http://archives.dailynews.lk/2010/02/10/fea11.asp Siri Perera, QC
  3. http://www.island.lk/2009/05/16/satmag6.html An account of life in Hulftsdorp