A final year university student is among five suspects taken into custody for spreading false content on COVID-19 on social media, police stated today.
The university student had spread a false story on Facebook claiming that the hospital of the Kotelawala Defence University had been set aside to treat VIP patients who contract COVID-19, Police Spokesman SP Jaliya Senaratne told a media briefing.
The suspect, who was arrested by the CID, was remanded until April 9 after being produced before the Colombo Additional Magistrate.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
Leave Comments