Former State Minister and Leader of Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Puligal Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan has reportedly fled Sri Lanka, an official from the party said.
Last month Mr Chandrakanthan was appointed as the State Minister of Rural Road Development by former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
He is reported to have fled by boat to Malaysia.
Ealier, he was jailed for four years from 2015 to 2019 over the assassination of former Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian Joesph Pararajasingham after the Good Governance government came into power. Later he was granted bail after the new government took office.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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