Sri Lanka Navy had unconditionally pardoned over the assaulting of a Provincial Journalist Roshan Gunasekare by the Former Navy Commander and Security Chief Of Staff Admiral Ravindra Wijegunawardane during a protest held at Hambanthota Port premises on 10th of December 2016 ,at the Supreme Court.
The Navy had unconditionally pardoned over the incident by a letter sent to the Supreme Court where a human rights violation petition filed by the Provincial Journalist Gunasekare over the incident is hearing .
The assaulted Provincial Journalist had filed a Human rights violation petition over the incident in January 2017 in Supreme Court.