Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, who has been remanded on charges of harbouring and aiding the main suspect in the 2008 youth abduction case to flee the country, will be produced before court today.
Mr Wijegunaratne surrendered before Court on November 28. The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court previously ordered the arrest of Admiral Wijegunaratne after the CID, informed Court that there was sufficient evidence against the Chief of Defence Staff.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
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.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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