Sri Lanka's first woman chief justice looked set to be removed from office after a parliamentary panel on Saturday found her guilty of three accusations of professional misconduct. The charges against Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake have raised international concerns that the government is trying to control the judiciary after crushing Tamil rebels in 2009 and consolidating its hold on power. "We found her guilty," government panel member Susil Premajayantha told reporters in Colombo.

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