Tissa Attanayake’s bail application rejected

4 November 2016 10:52 am

Colombo High Court Judge Sarojini Kusala Weerawardena today rejected the bail application submitted by former MP Tissa Attanayake.

Mr. Attanayake was arrested and remanded for allegedly publishing a letter with forged signatures of the then Common Opposition Candidate Maithripala Sirisena and the then Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe during the 2015 Presidential election.

On October 19, Mr. Attanayake was remanded til December 5. (Farook Thajudeen and Shehan Chamika Silva)