INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested SLPP MPs Sanath Nishantha and Milan Jayathilake this evening, in connection with the
attack on the anti-government protest sites in Colombo on the 9th of May.The Attorney General, on Monday (May 16), instructed the CID to
arrest 22 suspects including MPs Johnston Fernando, Milan Jayathilake, Sanath Nishantha, Sanjeewa Edirimanna and Senior DIG in charge of
Western Province Deshabandu Tennakoon, if sufficient evidence is available against them over the attack on anti-government protest sites in
Colombo last week.If there is direct, circumstantial and technical evidence against the 22 suspects, they should be arrested as soon as
the arrested suspects under the Criminal Procedure Code.In its letter, the Attorney General noted that if the suspects are not found at
their known addresses, they must present evidence and obtain an open warrant from a magistrate to arrest them or even seek public assistance
Court imposed a travel ban on former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, MPs Namal Rajapaksa, Johnston Fernando, Sanath Nishantha and 13
others over investigations into the incidents near Temple Trees and Galle Face.MPs Pavithra Wanniarachchi, Sanjeewa Edirimanna, Kanchana
Jayaratne, Rohitha Abeygunawardena, C.B
Ratnayake, Sampath Athukorala and Milco chairman Renuka Perera, SLPP activist Mahinda Kahandagama, and Senior DIG Deshabandu Tennakoon are
also among the officials who were barred from travelling overseas.
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