Ex PS Chairman remanded over rape

Former Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Dikkumburage Kulaweera was produced in Court and remanded on charges of having sexually harassed a 22-year-old Sweden woman at tourist hotel in Pelana, Weligama.

The Weligama Police produced the suspect before Acting Matara Magistrate Upali Ranasinghe.

The Swedish woman and four of her friends who had arrived in Sri Lanka on a two-week visit were booked to stay in this hotel where the incident took place. (Krishan Jeewaka Jayaruk)