UNP Parliamentarian Ranjan Ramanayake has been further remanded until February 26.
Ramanayake was produced before Nugegoda Magistrate by the officials of the Department of Prisons a short this afternoon (12).
MP Ramanayake was arrested over the offenses committed in terms of Article 111C (2) of the Constitution, for interference with the functions of judges.
On January 14, the Attorney General directed the Director of the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD) to obtain an arrest warrant on MP Ramanayake, which was later issued by the Nugegoda Magistrate’s Court. The following day, he was ordered to be remanded.
Several controversial audio recordings containing telephone conversations between former State Minister Ranjan Ramanayake and several influential figures in the country had come to light recently.
Phone conversations the MP purportedly had with certain judges, as well as officials in the judicial service, were among those recordings released thus far.
