The case against Shashi Weerawansa, wife of National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa, has been fixed for trial for February 8 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate.
Weerawansa is accused of fraudulently obtaining two passports - including a diplomatic passport - by submitting forged documents to the Department of Immigration and Emigration.
Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya noticed the first and second witnesses in the case to appear in Courts on February 8. Shashi Weerawansa was arrested in February 2015 by the CID and is currently on bail.
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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