Social media activist Dharshana Handungoda who played an active role during the ‘Aragalaya’ campaign last year has been arrested while returning to the country from Duabi, Police said today.
Handungoda was arrested on charges of inciting people via a live Facebook coverage around May 9, last year when the Temple Trees was stormed and attacked.
The Cyber Crimes Division had previously recorded his statement on two occasions, but thereafter he had left to Dubai.
On return to the country, he was arrested last night and handed over to the Cyber Crimes Division.
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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