Kumar Gunaratnam further remanded

Kumar Gunaratnam further remanded

December 18, 2015   05:20 pm

Frontline Socialists Party (FSP) political committee member Premakumar Gunaratnam, who was arrested and remanded for visa violations, has been further remanded till December 30 by the Kegalle Magistrate’s Court today. 


Premakumar, popularly known as Kumar Gunaratnam, was arrested on November 04 by Kegalle Police in the Aguruwella area.


The former JVP politburo member had arrived in Sri Lanka from Australia on January 01, just days before the Presidential Election.


Gunaratnam, who holds Australian citizenship, had arrived in the island on a 30-day tourist visa which expired on January 31 while the Department of Immigration and Emigration had sought his arrest for visa violations.

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