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MP Wimal Weerawansa’s brother Sarath
Weerawansa, who was arrested on charges of misusing state property, has been
further remanded after being produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate.
The Police Financial Crimes Investigations
Division (FCID) had filed a case against the defendant accusing him of misusing
a state vehicle under the Offences Against Public Property Act.
He was arrested on September 01 by the FCID.
When the case was taken up today (07), the
FCID informed court that further investigations into the incident are ongoing
and requested that the suspect remain in remand custody until the inquiry is
concluded.
Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne then
ordered that Sarath Weerawansa be further till September 21.