Sri Lankan police have exhumed the body of a prominent newspaper editor as part of a new investigation into his murder.
Lasantha Wickrematunge edited the Sunday Leader, which was critical of then President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
He said before his 2009 murder that the government would kill him. The Rajapaksa government denied the claim.
A new post mortem will be held to establish cause of death. In July, a military intelligence official was arrested in connection with the murder.
Lasantha Wickrematunge's killing came at a time of intense restrictions on the media in Sri Lanka.
It is well known that I was on two occasions brutally assaulted, while on another my house was sprayed with machine-gun fire. Despite the government's sanctimonious assurances, there was never a serious police inquiry into the perpetrators of these attacks, and the attackers were never apprehended.
In all these cases, I have reason to believe the attacks were inspired by the government. When finally I am killed, it will be the government that kills me...
In the wake of my death I know you will make all the usual sanctimonious noises and call upon the police to hold a swift and thorough inquiry. But like all the inquiries you have ordered in the past, nothing will come of this one, too.
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