The following article is based on the discussion on “Crime and Law”, with Attorneys-at-Law: Mr. Nalinda Indatissa PC (Practicing Criminal Lawyer and Advisor at Colombo School of Business and Management), Mr. Prasantha Lal De Alwis PC (Consul General for Seychelles in Sri Lanka and a Visiting Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo) and Mr. Kanagasabai Shanmugaratnam Ratnavel (practising in the fields of Public and International Law, Criminal Law and Human Rights Law. He was the President of Colombo Law Society in 2005)What is a crime? The basic accepted school of thought is that a crime can be divided into personal crimes, property crimes, inchoate crimes, statutory crimes and financial crimes. It is a criminal offence and they will be sent to prison. Zeenath ZakirPro bono Secretary 2020-2021The complete discussion is available on the YouTube channel ‘Law Students Association of Sri Lanka’, in all three languages.

Source: The Nation July 17, 2021 12:00 UTC