Suspect remanded for posting hate speech on Face Book

Galle Magistrate Pavithra Sanjivani Pathirana yesterday (25) ordered a suspect who had been arrested for posting a note containing hateful speech on the Face Book encouraging violence against the Police and the Tri-Forces in support of the Galle Face protesters, be remanded until August 8.

The suspect is a resident of Fort, Galle. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) who had arrested the suspect on the alleged charges produced him before the Magistrate. The CID officials objected to the defendant lawyer’s appeal to grant bail for the suspect.

When the suspect’s lawyer requested that the suspect be granted bail,Criminal Investigation Department officers who handled the complaint said that they objected to the suspect’s bail. Officials of the Matara Unit of the Computer Crimes Investigation Division prosecuted.