Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena may sanction death penalty for convicted drug traffickers within two months after he vowed to free the country from drug menace by 2020, the media reported on Thursday. Sirisena informed Parliament he was determined to impose capital punishment on convicted drug criminals as part of anti-narcotics drive. Although capital punishment is a legal penalty in Lanka, there have been no executions since 1976. IANS
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