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Message: <blockquote data-quote="netlife007" data-source="post: 11372384" data-attributes="member: 79514">Sri Lanka court orders arrest of ruling party MP for murder of President's official Tue, Nov 15, 2011, 06:59 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. <img src="http://www.colombopage.com/CGImgs_ppl/DumindaSilva.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Nov 15, Colombo: Colombo additional  magistrate Prasanna de Alwis today (Nov. 15) issued an order to  immediately arrest ruling party MP Duminda Silva in connection with the  assassination of presidential advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra and  three others in early last month.   The order was issued to the special investigation unit of the Criminal Investigation Department.   After presenting the report on evidence to the court when the case  was heard, the police had submitted the list of suspects. The police  named 15 suspects in the list but MP Silva's name was not included among  them.   ASP Shani Abeysekara of the CID told the court there was not adequate evidence to arrest MP Silva.   However, considering the evidence placed before him, the additional magistrate has ordered the immediate arrest of the MP.   A gun battle between two groups of supporters of the ruling United  People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in Mulleriyawa on the local government  election day , October 08 killed four people including the former ruling  party legislator and presidential aide, Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra.    MP Duminda Silva, who was the monitoring MP of the Defence Ministry,  was also critically injured with gunshot wounds to his head.  He was  taken abroad by his family earlier this month in a special charter  flight for further treatment.   Currently the 36-year-old MP is believed to be receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore.   A policeman who was serving as a security officer for the injured MP  had been arrested and remanded after being identified as the person who  shot Premachandra.   The Criminal Investigations Department is conducting comprehensive  inquiries and the government has said the investigation would be  impartial.   Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) criticized  the government for allowing the suspected lawmaker to go overseas for  treatment. However the government said he did not need permission to  leave since he was not named as a suspect.</blockquote>

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