Siri Perera

Siri Perera QC
Born	February 1910 Sri Lanka
Died	1995 (aged 85)
Nationality	Sri Lankan
Other names	U.A.S. Perera "Siri Aiya" of Radio Ceylon
Education	Nalanda College Colombo
Occupation	Lawyer
Known for	Poetry

Siri Perera QC (February 1910 – 1995) was a Criminal lawyer, a Buddhist leader who was one time the President of the Colombo YMBA. He was also a former Sri Lanka High Commissioner to India.

Siri perera was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. He was also a member of the teaching staff at Nalanda. He was also a graduate of Sri Lanka Law College. He obtained a First Class in the Final Examination and was enrolled as an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in March 1933.

In Siri's career as a criminal lawyer he appeared for some well known cases such as Galle Face flats murder case, Turf Club robbery and murder case, Matara Police Station murder case and Dematagoda acid bath murder case.

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