Court overrules bail application of Executive Secretary, NCB
By T. Farook Thajudeen
Colombo Additional Magistrate Ayesha Abdeen overruled the bail application filed on behalf of the Executive Secretary of the NGO, National Christian Board who had allegedly attempted to smuggle out perfidy CDs carrying news to the international community of an alleged large scale massacre of innocent Tamil civilians by President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s government and the suspect was further remanded till September 23.
The Magistrate while delivering her decision on the application made on behalf of the suspect Yanthrawaduge Jayampathy Shantha Nihal Seneviratne of N.J.V. Fernando Mawatha, Moratuwa overruled the suspect’s application seeking bail since the suspect was remanded under Emergency Regulations and for which the Magistrate’s Court did not have jurisdiction to grant bail and ordered to further remand him till September 23.
The suspect was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport and remanded by the magistrate pending investigations.The TID had recovered the CDs containing perfidy visuals and news clips against President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary from the custody of the suspect while attempting to smuggle out from the country to circulate them in India and other countries to build up unfavourable opinion in those countries and among the global community against the Sri Lanka Government.
It was alleged that the suspect had violated the rules and regulations of the Emergency Gazette notification and the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The TID had arrested the suspect on March 29, 2009 and had been investigated under detention orders from the Defence Secretary.
It was alleged that the suspect had prepared news to the Tamil Net and other Web sites to tarnish the name of the government and the armed forces.
President’s Counsel Rienzie Arsekularatne with Thejitha Koralage appeared for the suspect.
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