The Ceylon Teachers' Union (CTU) secretary General Joseph Stalin who was in the centre of attraction after being forcibly taken to a quarantine centre has been informed to be prepared to leave the centre.
Mr Stalin said a senior officer of the camp had told him that the buses were due to take them back to Colombo.
CTU members said that due to the adverse publicity the government gained by trying to detain the trade union leaders they had been forced to release Mr Stalin and others although the original plan was keep them for two weeks.
Mr Stalin was taken by the Police on July 8 and sent to a quarantine centre in Mullaitivu even after the courts gave them bail.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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