The Colombo Magistrate’s Court today (02) ordered that the case filed against former Minister Wimal Weerawansa and five others over a protest held outside the United Nations office in Colombo in 2016 be taken up again on December 7.
Colombo Additional Magistrate Lahiru Silva issued the order following submissions made by the Cinnamon Gardens Police when the case was taken up for further examination of evidence.
Weerawansa and the other suspects, who are currently out on bail, appeared before the court.
The eighth witness in the case appeared before the court today and was instructed to appear again on the next hearing date.
Meanwhile, the court issued a warrant against the fifth witness for failing to appear at today’s proceedings.
The case was filed by the Cinnamon Gardens Police over a protest held on February 6, 2016, opposing the visit of then United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Al Hussein to Sri Lanka.
According to investigators, approximately 600 individuals participated in the protest, blocking roads near the United Nations office in Thummulla, Colombo, and causing public inconvenience.
The other defendants named in the case are former MPs Mohamed Muzammil, Weerakumara Dissanayake, Jayantha Samaraweera and Piyasiri Wijenayake, along with Roger Seneviratne. (Newswire)
