Lawmaker Dies in Crash
From Reuters
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —
The only Communist member of Sri Lanka’s Parliament has been killed in a car crash in Ratnapura, outside Colombo, police said Monday. Sarath Muttetuwegama, 51, a lawyer, entered Parliament in 1970 and was reelected in 1981.
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