According to reports in the Sri Lankan press, the body of the former Sunday Leader editor, Lasantha Wickrematunge will be exhumed.
Mr Wickrematunge, who was openly critical of the Rajapaksa regime, was assassinated in January 2009.
His grave site has been guarded by police, reports Ceylon Today.
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