Colombo Chief Magistrate Prasanna Alwis yesterday ordered to recall the arrest warrant issued against the former Minister Wimal Weerawansa and advised him to appear before the court on next hearing date.
The case is based on a complaint filed by the Cinnamon Gardens Police against the MP and five others, on charges of causing public inconvenience, by blocking the roads around the United Nations (UN) Compound at Thummulla, Colombo when the then-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid Al-Hussein visited Sri Lanka in 2016.
Attorney Kelum Obeysekara appearing on behalf of former Minister Wimal Weerawansa informed the Magistrate that his client did not appear before the court on Monday due to an illness. Six persons, including MP Wimal Weerawansa, Weerakumara Dissanayake, Piyasiri Wijenayake, Mohomad Muzammil, Jayantha Samaraweera, and Roger Senevirathne have been named as the accused in the case. The case has been fixed for a hearing on June19.