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Investigations completed against astrologer who predicted Sri Lankan President’s death

3Apr

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Investigations completed against astrologer who predicted Sri Lankan President’s death

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Sri Lanka Police today informed the Colombo Magistrate Court that measures have been taken to obtain the advice of the Attorney General for inquiries against the astrologer Vijitha Rohana Wijayamuni who claimed that President Maithripala Sirisena will die. When the case was taken up before Colombo Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara today, the CID informed the Court that the investigations had been completed. The CID further informed the Court that it has been decided to seek advice of the Attorney General for further action on the suspect and reports of all the investigations had been forwarded to the Attorney General's Department. The Chief Magistrate ordered the case to be taken up again on July 9 and ordered the CID to report...

MPs Wimal Weerawansa and Jayantha Samaraweera produced before court today

21Mar

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MPs Wimal Weerawansa and Jayantha Samaraweera produced before court today

Parliamentarians Wimal Weerawansa and Jayantha Samaraweera, who were issued warrants for their arrest, appeared before Colombo Chief Magistrate Court yesterday and the court recalled the arrest warrant against them. The Colombo Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara on Monday issued warrants against the two parliamentarians since they have failed to appear in Court when a case filed against them was taken up for hearing. The MPs through their lawyers informed the court that they could not appear in court Monday due to traffic congestion and apologized to the court for their absence. The Colombo Chief Magistrate recalled the arrest warrants and advised the two MPs in future to appear in court at the due time. The case was filed against MP Wimal Weerawansa and 6 others over seve...

Army officer remanded for spreading hate speech on Facebook

21Mar

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Army officer remanded for spreading hate speech on Facebook

A Sri Lankan court has remanded an Army officer, who was arrested by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for allegedly using his Facebook account to spread hate speech. The CID informed Court that the suspect, a resident of Gampaha district, had shared hate speech through his Facebook page in a manner detrimental to the peace and harmony among religious and ethnic communities. He was arrested on March 17. The Colombo Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara rejected the bail application filed by the defense attorney claiming that the Criminal Investigation Department had not produced the allegations against the suspect, A.K. Krishan Srinath Perera, with evidence. The Magistrate has further pointed out that the court has no powers to grant bail to the suspect since he was c...

Arrest warrants issued against MPs Wimal Weerawansa & Jayantha Samaraweera

20Mar

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Arrest warrants issued against MPs Wimal Weerawansa & Jayantha Samaraweera

The Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court has issued warrants to arrest the National Freedom Front (NFF) leader parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa and MP Jayantha Samaraweera and present them before the court. Colombo Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara yesterday issued warrants against the two parliamentarians since they have failed to appear in Court when a case filed against them was taken up for hearing. The case was filed against MP Wimal Weerawansa and 6 others over several charges including inconveniencing the public by protesting against the arrival of the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein outside the UN complex in Thunmulla in 2016. When the case was taken up today, MPs Wimal Weerawansa and Jayantha Samaraweera who have been named as suspe...

CID seeks advice of AG on former PC member’s threat against FCID officers

23Nov

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CID seeks advice of AG on former PC member’s threat against FCID officers

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police today informed the court that it has sought the advice of Attorney General on the threatening remarks made by the former UPFA Southern Provincial Council Minister D. V. Upul against the officers of the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID). The former councilor, addressing a public gathering in Hambanthota on May 31, 2015, had allegedly threatened to stone to death the officers attached to the FCID once Mahinda Rajapaksa returned to power as the Prime Minister. DV Upul had made this statement in the presence of several UPFA parliamentarians. The suspect is charged with criminal intimidation by his statement. The suspect DV Upul has appeared before the court when the case filed by the CID in the Colombo Chief Magistrate...

President’s former secretary to be summoned as witness in Bribery Commission case

11Nov

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President’s former secretary to be summoned as witness in Bribery Commission case

An order to summon the president’s former secretary, P.B. Abeykoon, was given to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption by the Colombo Chief Magistrate. The order was made as the former secretary to the president is a witness in a case filed against MP Johnston Fernando. This move is due to the Assets Declaration of Members of Parliament issued by P.B. Abeykoon during his tenure of office as the president’s secretary. The document was presented before court as evidence to the case. Asset declarations of parliamentarians available at the Presidential Secretariat are to be produced before court on an order made by Colombo Chief Magistrate, Lal Ranasinghe Bandara. A case was filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption aga...