{"id":165196,"date":"2016-07-15T17:13:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T11:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=165196"},"modified":"2016-07-15T17:37:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T12:07:37","slug":"fcid-to-seek-interpol-assistance-to-arrest-most-wanted-ex-diplomat-udayanga-weeratunga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/fcid-to-seek-interpol-assistance-to-arrest-most-wanted-ex-diplomat-udayanga-weeratunga\/","title":{"rendered":"FCID To Seek Interpol Assistance To Arrest Most Wanted Ex-Diplomat Udayanga Weeratunga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FCID is seeking Interpol assistance to arrest Sri Lanka&#8217;s former ambassador to Russia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Udayanga+Weeratunga&amp;x=13&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Udayanga Weeratunga<\/span><\/a>, over a complaint that he was involved in an alleged fraud during the purchase of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=MiG+Deal&amp;x=16&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MiG Aircrafts<\/span><\/a>\u00a0in 206 for the Air Force during former President Mahinda Rajapaksa\u2019s term.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_143215\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapaksa-first-cousins-illegal-arms-deals-sri-lanka-to-send-investigation-team-to-ukraine\/udayanga\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-143215\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143215\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-143215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Udayanga-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Udayanga\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Udayanga-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Udayanga-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-143215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Udayanga<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The FCID has also requested the Fort Magistrate to issue an arrest warrant against Weeratunga, who is also the first cousin of Rajapaksa. Even though Weeratunga was issued notice to appear before court today, he had not been present.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say he is residing in Ukrain. However during Rajapaksa\u2019s visit to Thailand mid this year, Weeratunga flew to meet the former President.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=MiG+Deal&amp;x=16&amp;y=7\">MiG Deal: Rajapaksas Paid US$ 10 Million To A Ghost Company: \u201cNo Company Called Bellimissa\u201d \u2013 Interpol Confirmed<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":143215,"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-165196","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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