Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has filed a fundamental rights (FR) petition in the Supreme Court seeking an order for the re-deployment of his security.
The former President in the petition has said that his security has been reduced without a proper assessment of his security.
Among the respondents are Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya and the Cabinet of Ministers .
The petition also says that only policemen have been deployed for his security and there are no armed security personnel deployed.
The role played by the former President in ending the conflict in the north and east and eliminating the LTTE have been cited in the petition.
More than 100 lawyers have pledged support to appear for the former President.
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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