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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
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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.


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.An account of life in Hulftsdorp
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See also

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Sri Lankan Non Career Diplomats This is a list of Sri Lankan non-career diplomats, who have been appointed by Government of Sri Lanka as Ambassadors and High Commissioners, but are not Career diplomats by profession, meaning they are not from the Sri Lanka Foreign Service, but ...


References

* By Rajah Kuruppu - Vice President Colombo YMBA * By Rajah Kuruppu * By L. V. P. Wettasinghe * By Ronnie de Mel * Reviewed by Dhanapala Nissanka * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perera, Siri 1910 births 1995 deaths Sinhalese lawyers Sri Lankan Buddhists Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo High Commissioners of Sri Lanka to India Faculty of Nalanda College, Colombo