30 April 2021 08:52 am
A 31-year-old man who said to have obstructed the police officer who was on duty at Borella junction during the motorcade provided for the Chinese Defence Minister on April 27 was arrested, police Spokesman DIG Ajith Rohana said.
He said the motorcade was coming from Katunayake International airport towards Colombo.
"The man was arrested for obstructing the police and forming an unlawful assembly. The video footage on the incident was published in social media by him," the Spokesman said.
He said the Borella police initiated an investigation on the incident and arrested the man, a resident of Pelawatte in Battaramulla yesterday.
The suspect would be produced before the Colombo Magistrate today.
In terms of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Sri Lanka should provide maximum security to foreign envoys and therefore the vehicular traffic on the roads are restricted to honour their movements.
Meanwhile, when a similar incident was reported in May 2019, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa who was then Opposition Leader said the public honking on the roads in such a manner showed their displeasure against the government's decision to close roads for VIP vehicular movements and the Government’s policies.(Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya )