Sarath Ambepitiya's fifth death anniversary today:

Sarath Ambepitiya - A brave pillar of justice

Sarath Ambepitiya

Many years ago, an eminent and highly respected Queen's Counsel said: In the field of justice and fairplay right is right and wrong is wrong. The two can never meet. To compromise the two takes an elastic conscience.

Such men should be shunned for they are the bane of society. You stood firmly by this priceless saying and yet paid dearly for it. Five years beyond, that tragedy continues to be bravely borne by your grieving family, whilst civil society endures an irreparable loss. In an era where the once erect pillars at Hulftsdorp appear to be struggling to remain upright, you left behind a stamp of professional integrity worthy of both memory and emulation.

We salute you Sarath in death, as much as we admired and respected you in life.

We continue to share the intense pain and heartache that your dear wife, Vajira and son, Sithira have endured since that fateful day in 2004.

May he attain Nibbana

Sadly missed by your classmates, Royal College Group of 59