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Almost seven years after the assassination of the Tamil journalist, Dharmaratnam Sivaram, known also as Taraki, the perpetrators and the commissioners of his murder, are yet to be brought to justice.
The trial of the man accused of murdering Dharmaratnam Sivaram, scheduled to take place Thursday, was postponed after the State Counsel informed the court that six witnesses failed to attend, reported BBC Sinhala.
The six, includes two policemen.
The trial has been rescheduled for the 25th April.
Sivaram, one of the founding editors of Tamilnet, was abducted on the 28th April 2005. His body was found the following day in a high security zone.
The same year saw the murder of two further Tamil media workers - S. Suhirtharajan, Trincomalee correspondent for Sudar Oli, a Tamil daily and Mrs. Relanki Selvarajah, Tamil broadcaster.