A senior minister said that Sri Lanka was drafting...
A senior minister said that Sri Lanka was drafting tough new laws to combat the growing wave of violent organised crime
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A senior minister said that Sri Lanka was drafting tough new laws to combat the growing wave of violent organised crime. The unprecedented crime wave prompted the government to consider re-imposing the death penalty which is now routinely commuted to life imprisonment.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Reuters, 22/03/2000)
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