Parry Liyanage

Parry Liyanage
Allegiance Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Service/branch Sri Lanka Army
Rank Brigadier
Commands held Quartermaster-General,
Adjutant General
Battles/wars Sri Lankan Civil War,
Insurrection 1987-89

Brigadier R. Parry Liyanage was a Sri Lankan military officer, athlete and coach, who was the former Quartermaster-General and former Adjutant General of the Sri Lanka Army. He was the National record holder for shot put, Senior Vice President of the Athletic Association of Sri Lanka and National Athletic Coach.[1]

Educated at Royal College, Colombo, he joined the army after leaving school.

Embilipitiya Schoolboys' Affair

Loku Galpatthy, the principal of Embilipitiya Maha Vidyalaya, got angry at several school boys for mocking the love affairs of his son. Galpatthy had Liyanage take the school boys to Sevana army camp where they were killed.[2] The boys were forced to write suicide notes prior to death, forced to eat broken glass and nails, and subsequently buried in the Sooriyakanda mass grave.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Brig. Parry no more Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Hoole, Rajan. "Embilipitiya Schoolboys' Affair – The Thin End Of The Wedge". Colombo Telegraph. Colombo Telegraph. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Akmeemana, Gamini. "Sooriyakanda: ghosts, scapegoats and real killers". dailymirror.lk. Daily Mirror. Retrieved 3 August 2018.



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