2 Sinhala undergrads remanded in Colombo
[TamilNet, Friday, 07 August 2009, 10:21 GMT]
Colombo Chief Magistrate, Nishantha Kappurarachchi, Thursday ordered
remand for two Colombo University undergraduates till August 12 on
charges of writing anti-government slogans on a school parapet wall in
Cinnamon Gardens. The suspect-students Upul Premaratne and Gehan
Seneviratne were arrested writing the anti-government slogans on a parapet wall of St. Bridget’s Convent in Colombo on Wednesday, according to police allegation.
Sergeants Anura Wijeratne and Weerasena produced the suspects in
courts and alleged that the suspects had attempted to incite the
public against the government by writing slogans related to problems
in the education sector. Police said they believed that some anti-government elements were
attempting to incite the public against the government similar to what
happened during 1987-88. The magistrate refused the bail application on behalf of the
undergrads and ordered them to be remanded and asked the police to file their report on August 12.
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