{"id":162937,"date":"2016-05-25T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T07:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=162937"},"modified":"2016-05-25T15:15:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T09:45:10","slug":"frontline-socialist-party-leaders-arrested-over-kumar-gunaratnam-protest-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/frontline-socialist-party-leaders-arrested-over-kumar-gunaratnam-protest-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Frontline Socialist Party Leaders Arrested Over Kumar Gunaratnam Protest Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two Members of the Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Pubudu+Jayagoda&amp;x=10&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pubudu Jayagoda<\/span><\/a> and Sujith Kuruwita were arrested today for forcibly entering and damaging the Department of Immigration and Emigration on April 1, 2016, during a protest demanding for the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Kumar+Gunaratnam&amp;x=12&amp;y=9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kumar Gunaratnam<\/span><\/a>, the party\u2019s leader.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/videosinhala-religion-reconciliation-and-future-pubudu-jagoda-frontline-socialist-party\/pubudu-jagoda\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-82306\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-82306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Pubudu-Jagoda-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pubudu Jagoda\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Pubudu-Jagoda-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Pubudu-Jagoda-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The members, including Jayagoda, who is the secretary of the FSP was arrested when they arrived at the police to give a statement in connection to the protest.<\/p>\n<p>On April 1, a group of supporters of Kumar Gunaratnam, leader of the Frontline Socialists Party <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/kumar-gunaratnam-supporters-damage-immigration-office\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">entered the Department of Immigration and Emigration<\/span><\/a> in Colombo by force, damaging property while protesting against the sentencing of Gunaratnam, who violated the country\u2019s immigration laws.<\/p>\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 for violating immigration laws, after he overstayed his one month tourist visa.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jagoda and Kuruwita who were arrested this morning were released on bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":82306,"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-162937","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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