Former EPDP MP for the Wanni district Kulasingham Thleepan has been arrested in India for allegations of possessing a forged passport and trying to leave to Canada, officials said.
The former MP had travelled from Sri Lanka to Tamil Nadu with his original local passport and thereafter obtained an Indian passport, officials said.
He is due to be produced in courts.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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