President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has appointed retired Judge V.K. Malalgoda as the new Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.
The other members appointed to the Commission are S.Y.M. Gomes, A.L.A. Azeez, Dr S.S.S.B.D.H. Jayawardena and Professor T. Jayasingam.
The letters of appointment were presented to them by Secretary to the President Dr Nandika Sanath Kumanayake at the Presidential Secretariat this afternoon (30).
The appointments have been made to fill the vacancies arising from the completion of the terms of office of the previous members of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.
