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Shiranthi files anticipatory bail application

Former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa, who is in Singapore, has filed an anticipatory bail application before the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Court, seeking an order preventing her arrest in connection with an ongoing investigation into the financial affairs of the Siriliya Saviya organisation. The former First Lady left for Singapore on 16 Sept., and the police handed […]

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