Hon. Dharmapriya Dissanayake
Hon. Dharmapriya Dissanayake raised a supplementary question regarding a fundraising initiative by a group of women lawyers intended to pay fines and secure the release of indigent female prisoners. He asked whether the authorities were aware that the initiative had not been implemented, the prisoners remained incarcerated, and concerns had arisen about the handling of the funds raised.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, my first supplementary: A group of lady lawyers organized an event to raise funds to release indigent female prisoners by paying their fines. However, the initiative has not been implemented. Are you aware? A substantial sum was raised, but those inmates remain inside. There is also an internal issue regarding what happened to the money.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 8 October 2025 ·No. 22594 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. Dharmapriya Dissanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 October 2025. No. 22594. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18747