Colombo:A memorandum urging state intervention for the release of Sivarasa Anojan, sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, has been submitted to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake by leading Buddhist clergy.

According to News.LK, the memorandum was issued by Most Venerable Makulwe Wimalabuddhi Thero of the Sri Lanka Ramanna Maha Nikaya and Most Venerable Karagoda Uyangoda Maithreemurthi Thero of the Amarapura Maha Nikaya. It was handed over to Senior Additional Secretary to the President, Roshan Gamage, at the Presidential Secretariat by Venerable Dr. Omalpe Sobhitha Thero, Chief Sanghanayake of Southern Lanka.

Additionally, Dr. Sivasri K. V. K. Vaithiswara Kurukkal, representing the Hindu community, submitted a memorandum. He serves as President of the Hindu Priests’ Association and the All Ceylon Hindu Cultural Council.

The submission event was attended by Venerable Pagoda Janthawansa Thero, Venerable Wepathaira Dhammasiri Thera, Sivasri Kugathasa Kurukkal of the Hindu Priests’ Association, Attorney-at-Law Tanuja Navaratne, and social activist R. A. Amila Sanjeewa.