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Pillayan remanded after Yearlong detention
Former Eastern Province Governor Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, known as Pillayan, was remanded by the Mount Lavinia Magistrate's Court pending Attorney General recommendations. He spent nearly a year in detention without appearing before the court, and is now suspected of involvement in the 2006 disappearance of a university vice chancellor.
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It has been revealed that during that period, approximately five individuals, including a police officer, were murdered by them, and evidence has now confirmed that Pillayan led a part of the illegal 'white van culture'.
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