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Sri Lanka parliament votes to fire impeached police chief

Deshabandu Tennakoon is the first head of police in Sri Lanka's history to be dismissed [Ishara S Kodikara/AFP]

Sri Lanka’s Parliament has voted to fire the country’s police chief for misconduct and gross abuse of power in the island’s first impeachment of an inspector general.

Lawmakers on Tuesday voted to sack Deshabandu Tennakoon, who was accused of sending a team of armed officers on a botched raid in 2023 in Weligama that triggered a gun battle with a separate police unit, leading to the death of an officer.

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