{"id":140733,"date":"2015-03-09T13:11:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T07:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=140733"},"modified":"2015-03-15T21:09:17","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T15:39:17","slug":"travel-restriction-on-gotabaya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/travel-restriction-on-gotabaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Gotabaya&#8217;s Passport Impounded"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The passport of\u00a0former Defence Secretary and Rajapaksa sibling Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been impounded, as per a request made by the CID.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79970\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Gotabaya-Rajapaksa.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79970\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-79970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Gotabaya-Rajapaksa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\" Gotabaya Rajapaksa \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Gotabaya-Rajapaksa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Gotabaya-Rajapaksa-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-79970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gotabaya Rajapaksa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Galle Magistrate\u00a0had impounded Gotabaya&#8217;s passport as well as passports of former Navy Commander Admiral Somathilake Dissanayake, Rakna Arakshaka Lanka (Pvt.) 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