The case filed against parliamentarian Wimal Weerawangsa and five others for organising a protest that obstructed traffic in Bauddhaloka Mawatha will be heard on May 13 before the Colombo Chief Magistrate.
A video recording of the protest was submitted by the Kuruduwatte Police as a case evidence to Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne today.
Weerakumara Dissanayake, Jayantha Samaraweera, Piyasiri Wijenayake, Roger Senaviratne and Mohamed Muzammil are the other suspects involved in the case.
Charges have been levelled against these suspects for organising a protest on February 06, 2016 against the arrival of UN Sceretary General Zaid Raad al Hussain to Sri Lanka.
Police alleged that the protestors had used loudspeakers without obtaining prior permission.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
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