{"id":162272,"date":"2016-05-13T13:10:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T07:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=162272"},"modified":"2016-05-13T13:12:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T07:42:51","slug":"thajudeen-killing-medical-council-appoints-disciplinary-committee-to-investigate-ex-jmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/thajudeen-killing-medical-council-appoints-disciplinary-committee-to-investigate-ex-jmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Thajudeen Killing: Medical Council Appoints Disciplinary Committee To Investigate Ex-JMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Chief Judicial Medical Officer Ananda Samarasekera has being summoned to appear before a disciplinary committee appointed by the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC), in June, to inquire into the first autopsy carried out by him, on the body of ruggerite <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Wasim+Thajudeen&amp;x=9&amp;y=6\">Wasim Thajudeen<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_162273\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/thajudeen-killing-medical-council-appoints-disciplinary-committee-to-investigate-ex-jmo\/ananda-samarasekera\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-162273\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-162273\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-162273\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Ananda-Samarasekera-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"Ananda Samarasekera\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Ananda-Samarasekera-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Ananda-Samarasekera.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-162273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ananda Samarasekera<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The first autopsy carried out by a team led by Samarasekera ruled that Thajudeen\u2019s death was a result of the accident. 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