Lal Wickrematunge
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lal Wickrematunge
| image =
| birth_date = 13 March 1950
| birth_place = Colombo, Sri Lanka
| organization = Leader Publications
| occupation = Businessman & Media Mogul
| children = Senali Wickrematunge
Raisa Wickrematunge
Minal Wickrematunge
| URL = [http://www.thesundayleader.lk www.thesundayleader.lk]
}}
Lal Wickrematunge is a Sri Lankan business man, media mogul and chairman of Leader Publications which he co-founded with brother Lasantha Wickrematunge.
Wickrematunge is the son of Harris Wickrematunge former deputy mayor of Colombo.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/lal-wickrematunge|title=Lal Wickrematunge |work=The Guardian|accessdate=27 January 2010 | location=London | date=10 February 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/may/21/srilanka |title= A window for progress in Sri Lanka|last=Wickrematunge|first= Lal |date= 21 May 2009|work=The Guardian|accessdate=27 January 2010 | location=London}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/feb/10/lasantha-wickrematunge-sri-lanka|title=My brother's brutal murder has shamed Sri Lankans|last=Wickrematunge|first=Lal |date=10 February 2009 |work=The Guardian|accessdate=27 January 2010 | location=London}}
Life and career
Wickrematunge was born to Harris Wickrematunge former deputy mayor of Colombo and is the grand nephew of the late George E. de Silva.
Wickrematunge worked in the Criminal Investigation Department (Sri Lanka) and worked as a business man before co-founding The Sunday Leader alongside his brother Lasantha Wickrematunge who was later assassinated in January 2009.{{cite news|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/brother-murdered-sri-lankan-editor-yours-are-standards-we-look|title=Lal Wickrematunge |work=The Press Gazette|accessdate=2 July 2013 | location=London | date=2 July 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-shock-and-anger-continue-one-year-07-01-2010,35953|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115104555/http://en.rsf.org/sri-lanka-shock-and-anger-continue-one-year-07-01-2010,35953|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2012|title= Shock and anger continue in Sri Lanka|last=Wickrematunge|first= Lal |date= 7 January 2010|work=rsf|accessdate=7 January 2010 | location=France}}{{cite news|url=http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/09/tissa-sentence-the-message-to-journalists-is-loud-and-clear/|title=Tissa Sentence|last=Wickrematunge|first=Lal |date=2 February 2009 |work=The Xindex|accessdate=2 February 2009 | location=London}} Along with his brother Wickrematunge endured constant run-ins with the government for stories his publishing house would carry including a long-standing case made against Wickrematunge and Leader Publications by Gotabhaya Rajapaksa for which he is suing for 2 Billion Rupees (€14 million).
See also
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