Having been unceremoniously removed as Sri Lanka's top judge, Shirani Bandaranayake on Tuesday said she still believed she was the legitimate chief justice of the country and expressed fear for her life in a stoic parting statement. Sri Lanka's first woman chief justice, who was impeached by the parliament, said she was unjustly persecuted for standing up for an independent judiciary.
Rajapaksa sworn in new Chief Justice Mohan Peiris to replace Sri Lanka's first woman chief justice who was impeached by the parliament in a controversial move.
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