Sri Lanka's top admiral remanded over mass-murder cover-up
Nov 28, 2018 18:12 PM GMT+0530
ECONOMYNEXT -
Sri Lanka's highest-ranking military officer, Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, was remanded 
by court Wednesday for trying to cover up war-time murder of 11 young men that attracted international condemnation.
The Colombo Fort magistrate ordered that the Chief of Defence Staff who had evaded arrest for weeks, be held in remand custody for a week pending investigations into the abduction and murder of young men between 2008 and 2009.
Magistrate Ranga Dassanayake denied bail for Wijegunaratne after the Criminal Investigation Department reported that he had attempted to abduct a key witness over the weekend and also tried to get lead investigator Inspector Nishantha Silva removed from the case.
"I am denying bail because in your position you are able to influence witnesses and disrupt the investigations," the magistrate told a packed court house where Wijegunaratne's bodyguards assaulted journalists to prevent him being photographed.
More:
https://economynext.com/Sri_Lanka_s_top_admiral_remanded_over_mass_murder_cover_up-3-12750-10.html
ආරක්ෂක මාණ්ඩලික ප්රධානී රිමාන්ඩ්
-
http://www.lankadeepa.lk/news/ආරක්ෂක-මාණ්ඩලික-ප්රධානී-රිමාන්ඩ්/101-541203