Sooriyarachchi refused bail for third time

[TamilNet, Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 11:43 GMT]
The Kaduwela Magistrate Tuesday refused the bail application submitted on behalf of Mr.Sripathi Sooriyarachchi for the third time and ordered further two weeks' remand, legal sources in Colombo said. Mr.Sooriayarachchi was sacked from the non-cabinet minister post. He is a parliamentarian from the Sri Lanka Freedom party (SLFP), main constituent of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) government.

He was arrested following his disclosure that some leaders of the SLFP had entered into a secret deal with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the 2005 presidential election.

He was produced in court on a charge under the State Property Act that he had allegedly misused a state vehicle after being dismissed from the cabinet. Since then he is in remand.

Mr.Sooriayarachchi was produced in court Tuesday. President Counsel Tilak Marapone, former Defence Minister in the then UNP government with a team of lawyers submitted the third bail application on behalf of Mr.Sooriayarachchi.

The defence pleaded with the court to order bail for the suspect under special circumstance, legal sources said.


Chronology:
10.02.08  Sooriyaarachi to be laid to rest Wednesday
09.02.08  Sooriyaarachchi killed in accident
22.11.07  Attackers hurl firebombs at SLFP rebel MP's house
30.04.07  Sooriyarachchi released on bail
26.04.07  High Court reserves order on Sooriyarachchi bail a..
25.04.07  Sooriyarachchi refused bail for third time
10.04.07  Sooriyarachchi further remanded
06.04.07  AG given time to file objections on Sooriyarachchi..
18.03.07  SL government is strong, says Anura Bandaranaike
18.03.07  Samaraweera vows to continue his political journey
17.03.07  CID arrests Sooriyarachchi
16.03.07  Private secretary of Sooriyarachchi arrested
16.03.07  SLFP dissidents removed from party organizer posts
15.03.07  SLFP dissidents allege financial scandal in arms d..
13.03.07  SLFP dissidents ask Rights Commission to guarantee..
10.03.07  SLFP dissidents, JVP predict demise of Rajapakse r..
04.03.07  One family show must end- Sooriyarachchi
04.03.07  SLFP ponders expelling dissidents, as intra-party ..
02.03.07  US should monitor citizen Gotabhaya's conduct - Sa..
26.02.07  SL anti-terror officials detain Sinhala paper dire..
22.02.07  Anura Bandaranaike sworn in as minister
22.02.07  Sacked ministers register complaint with Rights bo..
18.02.07  SL Parliament to meet amid political tension
16.02.07  SLFP dissidents urge Colombo to prevent Rights abu..
15.02.07  Rajapakse, Bandaranayake meet to reconcile
10.02.07  SLFP working committee meets
09.02.07  Rajapakse sacks dissenting SLFP ministers
08.02.07  No confidence on Police inquiry - SL Minister
07.02.07  Anura Bandaranaike receives death threat

 
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