{
  "id": 8956965,
  "title": "Court of Appeal Judge M. Sri Mevan Anthony Edirimannasuriya Corea appointed as Acting President of the Court of Appeal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/court-of-appeal-judge-m-sri-mevan-anthony-edirimannasuriya-corea",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-21T16:26:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/court-of-appeal-judge-m-sri-mevan-anthony-edirimannasuriya-corea-appointed-as-acting-president-of-the-court-of-appeal/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Court of Appeal Judge Mayadunna Sri Mevan Anthony Edirimannasuriya Corea has been appointed as the Acting President of the Court of Appeal. According to The Island Sri Lanka, this appointment was made as the current President of the Court of Appeal, President’s Counsel Nalin Rohantha Abeysuriya, will be overseas until the 24th.\n\nJudge Mayadunna Corea was sworn in as Acting President of the Court of Appeal before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential secretariat. The Island Sri Lanka reported that Secretary to the President Dr Nandika Sanath Kumanayake was also present at the occasion.\n\nThe New Straits Times reported on an unrelated appointment in Malaysia, of former High Court judge Datuk Duncan Sikodol to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission's Anti-Corruption Advisory Board.",
  "key_points": [],
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Former High Court judge Duncan Sikodol joins MACC Advisory Board",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/former-high-court-judge-duncan-sikodol-joins-macc-advisory-board",
        "published": "2026-09-21T10:11:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Former High Court judge Duncan Sikodol joins MACC advisory board",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/former-high-court-judge-duncan-sikodol-joins-macc-advisory-board-8907630",
        "published": "2026-09-21T11:03:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Former High Court judge Duncan Sikodol joins MACC advisory board",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/former-high-court-judge-duncan-sikodol-joins-macc-advisory-board",
        "published": "2026-09-21T15:55:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}