TMVP leader and former Eastern Provincial Councilor Sivanesadurai Chandrakanthan aka Pillayan was re-remanded, along with three others for the alleged murder of TNA parliamentarian Joseph Pararajasingam in 2005.
Batticaloa Magistrate ordered the four be held till December 28.
The three other suspects are former TMVP national coordinator and Eastern provincial councilor Edwin Silwa Krishnanantharaja, K. Kanaganayagam and Army intelligence officer M. Kaleel.
The CID arrested Pillayan in this regard in October 2015.
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.
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.
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