The case filed against parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa and six others for organising a protest that inconvenienced the public has been fixed for hearing on August 5 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate's court.
MP Weerawansa and six others have been accused of organising a protest in Bauddhaloka Mawatha which had caused severe inconvenience to the public on February 06, 2016.
The protest was held against the arrival of the then UN High Commissioner Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein by the National Freedom Front Party led by MP Weerawangsa, police informed court.
Police charge that the usage of loudspeakers during the protest, without obtaining approval, had affected the activities of the public while also disrupting smooth traffic flow during the protest.
The six suspects in the case are MP Wimal Weerawansa, Weerakumara Dissanayake, Jayantha Samaraweera, Piyasiri Wijenayake, Roger Seneviratne and Mohammed Muzammil.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
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