{"id":160057,"date":"2016-04-01T13:36:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T08:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=160057"},"modified":"2016-04-01T13:36:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T08:06:59","slug":"kumar-gunaratnam-supporters-damage-immigration-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/kumar-gunaratnam-supporters-damage-immigration-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumar Gunaratnam Supporters Damage Immigration Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of supporters of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Kumar+Gunaratnam&amp;x=6&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kumar Gunaratnam<\/span><\/a>, leader of the Frontline Socialists Party entered the Department of Immigration and Emigration in Colombo today by force, damaging property while protesting against the sentencing of Gunaratnam, who violated the country\u2019s immigration laws.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37847\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/gunarathnam-alive-gota-admitted-short-while-ago\/gunarathnam-p-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37847\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37847\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-37847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Gunarathnam.-P-JPG-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Gunaratnam\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Gunarathnam.-P-JPG-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Gunarathnam.-P-JPG-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gunaratnam<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The protestors, including members of the Frontline Socialist Party, as well as university students, clashed with the police opposite the department, before making their way forcibly into the department, demanding Gunaratnam\u2019s immediate release.<\/p>\n<p>Gunaratnam was sentenced to one year imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 50,000 yesterday for violating immigration laws, after he overstayed his one month tourist visa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":37847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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