COLOMBO (News 1st); A total of 440 Sri Lankan prisoners will be given a Special Presidential Pardon on Poson Poya Day, which falls on Saturday, 3rd June.

Sri Lanka's Department of Prisons said that 434 male prisoners and 6 female prisoners selected from prisons across the country will be pardoned on Poson Poya Day.

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