Case against MP Weerawansa over unlawful protest fixed for August 5

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.