Former Defence Ministry Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa testified via video link before the Jaffna Magistrate's Court in the case concerning the disappearance of political activists Lalith Kumar Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganandan, saying he could not recal
Rajapaksa arrived at the Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court at around 1:20 p.m. During questioning about the abduction and assault of journalist Keith Noyahr, Rajapaksa said that, to his knowledge, Noyahr had not disappeared. He said he was not prepared to discuss the details of that case during the hearing.
Summarised from Asian Mirror
People- Gotabaya Rajapaksa2
- Kugan Muruganandan2
- Keith Noyahr2
- Jayantha Wickramaratne
- Kapila Hendavitharana
- Lalith Kumar Weeraraj
- Keheliya Rambukwella
- Lalith Alahakoon
Organisations- Jaffna Magistrate's Court2
- Criminal Investigation Department
- Colombo Magistrate's Court
- Chief Magistrate's Court
- Security Council
- ate's Court
Keywords- remember2
- don2
- disappearances
- questioned
- abduction
- recall
- over
- told
- what
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