{"id":29027,"date":"2026-08-05T21:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=29027"},"modified":"2026-08-05T21:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:12:09","slug":"wimal-gammanpila-dilith-navaratne-sugeeshwara-and-pathirana-committed-contempt-of-court-fort-magistrate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lankatruth.com\/en\/?p=29027","title":{"rendered":"Wimal, Gammanpila, Dilith, Navaratne, Sugeeshwara, and Pathirana Committed Contempt of Court &#8211; Fort Magistrate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena today (05) ruled that statements made by Wimal Weerawansa, Udaya Gammanpila, Dilith Jayaweera, Asanka Navaratne, Sugeeshwara Bandara, and Mahinda Pathirana regarding former intelligence chief Suresh Sallay &#8211; who is currently detained and questioned over the Easter Sunday attacks\u2014amount to contempt of court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 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