OMLANKA
The Embilipitiya Magistrate's Court sentenced Embilipitiya Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman, M K Amil to three months imprisonment on his being found guilty assault on a police officer in 2013. Court also ordered him to pay Rs 30,000 to the policeman as compensation.
Former Senior DIG Prasanna Nanayakkara and former Crimes Officer-in-Charge of the Mount Lavinia Police, Sub-Inspector Tissa Sugathapala, two of the main suapects in the murder of senior journalist and Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge have been granted bail by Mount Lavinia Chief Magistrate Mohamed.
An application made by former Minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas for medical treatment was allowed by Colombo High Court. Court made the order when the case against him came up for hearing before it.
The hearing of the case against Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU) leader Parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila and another accused for allegedly misappropriating Rs. 21 million following their alleged fraudulent share transaction that took place in 2000 was put off for January 16 by the Colombo High Court on Jan 12.
President's Counsel Saliya Pieris has submitted to Supreme Court that there is no proposition in the 19th Amendment which prohibits President Siriseana, from going on for six years from January 9, 2015.
