Kiriella’s three staff members granted bail

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The three staff members attached to Minister Lakshman Kiriella’s ministry was today released on bail by Colombo Fort Magistrate, Ranga Dissanayake.

At the time of their arrest at the Central Mail Exchange (CME) in Pettah, they had in their possession some 600 letters allegedly containing defamatory remarks about the President.

They were released on bail with two sureties of Rs.500,000 each. Earlier, the minister in a statement claimed that the letters did not contain any racist ideologies or defamatory remarks against anyone or anti-government propaganda.

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D. Goonetilleke Tuesday, 18 June 2019 04:10 PM

HMV too should hv been arrested

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