The case filed against parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa and six others over an unlawful protest was fixed for December 4 by the Colombo Chief Magistrate's court today (Aug 5).
The suspects have been accused of causing severe inconvenience to the public by organising a protest against the visit of the then UN High Commissioner Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein to Sri Lanka.
Police informed court, that Weerawansa, the leader of the National Freedom Front (NFF) party, had organised the protest along with his party members at Bauddhaloka Mawatha on February 6, 2016.
Further, police charged that the protestors had used loudspeakers without obtaining prior approval, during the protest.
The six suspects in the case are MP Wimal Weerawansa, Weerakumara Dissanayake, Jayantha Samaraweera, Piyasiri Wijenayake, Roger Seneviratne and Mohammed Muzammil.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has interdicted Colombo Fort Magistrate Kosala Senadheera.
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.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
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Two underworld criminals wanted for multiple crimes, including murder, were brought from Dubai to Sri Lanka, today (12).
Acting Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe, was appointed as the Attorney General of Sri Lanka a short while ago.
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