{
  "id": 333546,
  "title": "Gota ordered to give evidence in Lalith-Kugan disappearance case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/gota-ordered-to-give-evidence-in-lalith-kugan-disappearance-case",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T00:04:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/gota-ordered-to-give-evidence-in-lalith-kugan-disappearance-case/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been ordered by the Jaffna Magistrate’s Court to appear before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court on August 29 and provide evidence through an online link to the Jaffna court in connection with the case into the alleged abduction and disappearance of Lalith Kumar Weeraraj and Kugan Muruganandan. The order was […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}