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.
A Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter belonging to the No. 72 squadron has crashed into the Madhuru Oya reservoir this morning, Air FOrce Media Spokesman Eranda Geeganage said.
Update: Five of the twelve passengers on board the bell 212 aircraft that crashed into the Maduru Oya today, have succumbed to their injuries, the SLAF said.
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