{"id":166059,"date":"2016-08-03T12:12:21","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T06:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=166059"},"modified":"2016-08-04T12:31:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T07:01:04","slug":"army-officer-re-remanded-over-lasantha-killing-facing-new-charges-over-rivira-editor-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/army-officer-re-remanded-over-lasantha-killing-facing-new-charges-over-rivira-editor-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Officer Re-Remanded Over Lasantha Killing, Facing New Charges Over Rivira Editor Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Army Intelligence Officer Premananda Udalagama arrested in connection to the murder of Sunday Leader founder editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Lasantha+Wickrematunge&amp;x=11&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Lasantha Wickrematunge<\/span><\/a>, has been further remanded till August 11 by the Mount Lavinia Magistrate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4864\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-mahinda-produced-upali-tennakoon-to-justify-his-claim\/upali-t-colombotelegarph-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4864\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4864\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/upali-t-colombotelegarph1.jpg\" alt=\"Upali\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/upali-t-colombotelegarph1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/upali-t-colombotelegarph1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upali<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Udalagama is also facing fresh charges in another journalist attack, after the court granted permission to the CID to produce the suspect before the Gampaha magistrate in connection to the attack on Rivira Newspaper editor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Upali+Tennakoon&amp;x=11&amp;y=9\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Upali Tennakoon<\/span><\/a>, in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Udalagama was identified as the kidnapper of Dias, the driver of Wickrematunge. 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