S. B. Dissanayake
Opposition parliamentarian at time of conviction · Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)
Overview
- Status
- RELEASED · PARDONED
- Current Case
- Contempt of court conviction arising from remarks about the judiciary; sentenced in Dec 2004 to two years rigorous imprisonment and later pardoned.
- Sentence
- 2 years (confirmed total across 1 matter)
- Next Hearing
- Not publicly confirmed
- Last Verified
- 1 February 2006
The short version
S. B. Dissanayake was convicted (2 years rigorous imprisonment), and has since been released following a pardon. Contempt of court conviction arising from remarks about the judiciary; sentenced in Dec 2004 to two years rigorous imprisonment and later pardoned. Pardoned in 2006.
How did we get here?
- December 2004
Convicted — 2 years rigorous imprisonment
Contempt of court conviction arising from remarks about the judiciary; sentenced in Dec 2004 to two years rigorous imprisonment and later pardoned.
Court: Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Sources (2)
Court cases
Contempt of court conviction arising from remarks about the judiciary; sentenced in Dec 2004 to two years rigorous imprisonment and later pardoned.
What’s happened
Pardoned in 2006.
- Court
- Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
- Sentence
- 2 years rigorous imprisonment
- Next hearing / due
- Not publicly confirmed
Sources (2)
Political career
Ministerial positions
No ministerial positions publicly confirmed.
Other political positions
Opposition parliamentarian at time of conviction
Dates not publicly confirmed
Party history
Communist Party affiliation is established by 1977; exact joining/departure dates are not pinned down.
SLFP/People’s Alliance career is established by 1994; later served as SLFP General Secretary.
Returned to the SLFP in Dec 2009. Exact later SLFP-to-SLPP formal transition remains unresolved.