Joint Opposition MP Wimal Weerawansha Was Further Remanded

Joint Opposition MP and leader of the National Freedom Front(NFF) Wimal Weerawansha and the  General Manger of State Engineering Corporation Samantha Lokuhannadige who were arrested and remanded over misusing of state owned vehicles during the previous government ,have been further remanded until 07th of February by the Colombo fort magistrate today(24).

Joint Opposition MP Wimal Weerawansha has submitted a bail application to the court through his attorneys requesting   bail  by citing mental status of his daughter as a special reason . However the Colombo fort magistrate Lanka Jayaratne has refused to accept the bail application after considering it  today by stating the reason given in the application is not a special reason for granting bail.

The court case against the MP and General Manager of State Engineering Corporation regarding the misusing of state owned vehicles was taken up for hearing today.