UPFA Member of Parliament Namal Rajapaksa and seven others in remand custody over the incidents that occured during protests held on the previous week in the area over proposed plans to hand over operations of the Mattala airport to a private firm were granted bail today.
Mr Rajapaksa was released on bail of f Rs 500,000 each of three sureties.
Mp , DV Chanaka was also released but 32 others including MP Prasanna Ranaweera were further remanded.
Nearly 40 persons were arrested and remanded following the during the Joint Opposition-organised protest opposite the Indian Consulate in Hambantota.amidst reports that an Indian company was due to be handed over the operation of the loss making airport.
Police said that suspects were arrested for unruly behavior and damaging public property including a police jeep.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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.
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