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Mangala Samaraweera Cigarette tax income
(factchecklka - Facebook, 10/19/2018)
BLATANTLY FALSE: A tax income of 1,800 crore (Rs. 18 billion) has been lost due to reduced cigarette sales.
- Mangala Samaraweera, 12 September 2018, Lankadeepa
MA Sumanthiran: Tamil journalists
(factchecklka - Facebook, 12/20/2018)
PARTLY TRUE: If I remember correctly, [in the past 20 years] 14 Tamil journalists have been murdered.
- MA Sumanthiran, 25 October 2018, Mawbima
Maithripala Sirisena - crime and rape statistics
(factchecklka - Facebook, 9/28/2018)
PARTLY TRUE: The number of murders in Sri Lanka in 2008 was 1,378. In 2010, the number was 741; in 2013, it was 586; in 2014, it was 548; and in 2015 it was 476. Last year, in 2017, there were 452 homicides in Sri Lanka. ...