The travel ban imposed on Lieutenant Commander G. Laksiri, a key witness in a youths abduction case, was temporarily lifted by the court today (Jul 17).
The order was issued by Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayake when the case was taken up for hearing this morning.
Lt. Cdr. Laksiri, is a key witness in the case concerning the alleged abduction and enforced disappearances of 11 youths from Colombo and its whereabouts in 2009.
Meanwhile, the case filed against Admiral Ravindra Wijegunawardena over the case was also postponed until October 9.
Wijegunawardena, the Chief-of-Defence Staff, has been accused of harbouring former Lt. Cdr. Chandana Prasad Hettiarachchi alias 'Navy Sampath', who is also a suspect in the case.
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.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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