Former parliamentarian P.H. Piyasena has been sentenced to four years of imprisonment for failing to return a vehicle belonging to the Prime Minister's office for one year after losing his seat as parliamentarian.
Mr. Piyasena who represented the Tamil National Alliance was also instructed to pay a penalty of Rs 5.4 million for committing the said offence, by the Colombo High Court.
A case was filed by the Attorney General against the former MP under the Public Property Act.
The Attorney General claimed that the suspect had not returned the vehicle after losing his seat at the general elections in August 2015.
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.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
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