Court returns Wimal’s passport

The magistrate did not impose any travel restriction on MP Weerawansa. The Criminal Investigations Department arrested Wimal Weerawansa at the Bandaranaike International Airport on the 23rd of October when he attempted to leave the country with an invalid passport. The Negombo Magistrate's Court released the MP with two sureties, of one million rupees each and a 10 thousand rupee cash bail when he was produced in the court after his arrest.