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About Victor Ivan
- Majuwana Kankanamage Victor Ivan (Sinhala language: ???????? ?????????? ??????? ??????) is Sri Lankan journalist.
- He was a Marxist rebel in his youth and later became the Editor of the controversial Sinhalese newspaper Ravaya.
- He served as the Editor of the Ravaya for 25 years consecutively since its inception.
- Victor is an investigative journalist, political critic, a theorist, social activist and also an author of several books.
- He was the 7th accused of the main court case on the Youth Insurrection 1971.
- The panel of judges described him as the most colourful character of all suspects respondents.
- Judgment of the Criminal Justice Commission.
- Inquiry No, 1 – Government Printer- page 255.
- He was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment at the end of the inquiry.
- During his imprisonment he abandoned the doctrine of the JVP as well as that of Marxism.
- While rejecting the doctrine of violence he became an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi adopting the philosophy of non-violence expounded by him.
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