Premakirthi de Alwis

Premakirthi de Alwis

Premakirthi de Alwis was a Sri Lankan broadcaster and lyricist. He worked as an anchorman on state-run television.

He was dragged out of his house and murdered by six gunmen of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna in 1989.cite web|url=http://www.newseum.org/scripts/Journalist/Detail.asp?PhotoID=71|title=Premakeerthi de Alwis|accessdate=2007-04-16|date=2008|publisher=The Freedom Forum Journalists Memorial]

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