The Colombo Additional Magistrate Mohamed Mihiran today ordered that the CCTV footage of the abduction of a youth at Dematatoga be submitted to the Moratuwaa University for a technical report.
The Additional Magistrate ordered that video footage also of a a press conference given by MP Hirunika Premachandra who is implicated in the case be submitted to the University.
Regarding a plea to release the defender jeep used in the abduction, the court ordered that request be made on the next case date of January 26.
The counsel appearing for the MP pleaded that order be issued that MP Udaya Gammanpila should be summoned to courts as he has made a defamatory statement in connection of this incident, but the request was overruled.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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