As exclusively reported by The Morning a few hours ago, former parliamentarian Duminda Silva was released from prison following a Presidential pardon. Prisons Spokesman Chandana Ekanayake confirmed this to The Morning today (24). Prior to this, legal sources informed The Morning that the necessary arrangements for his release have been completed. Silva was jailed in September 2016 after the Colombo High Court found him and several others guilty in the murder of former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra.