{"id":168775,"date":"2016-10-10T13:55:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T08:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=168775"},"modified":"2016-10-10T14:42:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T09:12:31","slug":"duminda-silva-gets-high-fever-admitted-to-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/duminda-silva-gets-high-fever-admitted-to-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Duminda Silva Gets High Fever, Admitted To Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notorious character, and ex-MP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Duminda+Silva&amp;x=10&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Duminda Silva<\/span><\/a> has contracted high fever and has been admitted to the Welikada Prison Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_84412\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Duminda-Silva-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84412\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-84412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Duminda-Silva-12-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Duminda\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Duminda-Silva-12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Duminda-Silva-12-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-84412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duminda<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Silva, is currently serving a death sentence at the Welikada Prison, after he was found guilty of murdering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bharatha+Lakshman+Premachandra&amp;x=6&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hospital sources said that Silva is currently receiving treatment for fever.<\/p>\n<p>On September 8, Silva was sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court in a divided judgement over a shoot-out in Mulleriyawa between Silva and Premachandra and their thugs, which killed Premachandra in 2011. 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