Batalanda report: Wickremesinghe remains freshly tainted

March 17, 2025 – March 23, 2025 | Vol.15, #12 Event: On March 6, Al Jazeera released a one-on-one interview between former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mehdi Hasan. During the interview, Wickremesinghe faced questions on various incidents, including Batalanda, the Central Bank bond scam, the Easter Sunday attacks, the burning of the Jaffna Library and the economic crisis. On March 14, the Batalanda Commission report (Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Places of Unlawful Detention and Torture Chambers…