Teacher arrested for photographing ballot paper

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A school teacher who had photographed his postal ballot paper after marking his vote was arrested by the Kebithigollewa Police at Horowpothana yesterday.

The 44-year-old teacher attached to a school at Agunachchiya had used his mobile phone to photograph his postal ballot paper while inside the polling booth.

The polling booth officer who had witnessed this incident had informed the police who had arrested the teacher. (Dayaratne Embogama)

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sss Sunday, 28 January 2018 08:04 AM

Siri lanka justice. This is while who carried out biggest heist in central bank and others who bankrupt sri lanka airlines are walking free

Sarath Sunday, 28 January 2018 08:34 PM

Not to mention the robbers disclosed by precifac, and the biggest scam of all - giving mtv the airwaves worth 3 billion for virtually free...

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