{"id":169503,"date":"2016-10-24T11:24:59","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T05:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=169503"},"modified":"2016-10-24T14:27:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T08:57:06","slug":"samaraweera-released-on-bail-but-no-bail-for-weerawansas-brother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/samaraweera-released-on-bail-but-no-bail-for-weerawansas-brother\/","title":{"rendered":"Samaraweera Released On Bail, But No Bail For Weerawansa&#8217;s Brother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Member of Parliament of the National Freedom Front (NFF), Jayantha Samaraweera was released on bail today, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Sarath+Weerawansa&amp;x=7&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sarath Weerawansa<\/span><\/a> was ordered to be further remanded.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_167052\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sarath-Weerawansa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167052\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-167052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sarath-Weerawansa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sarath Weerawansa\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sarath-Weerawansa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Sarath-Weerawansa-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-167052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarath Weerawansa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Colombo Fort Magistrate granted bail to Samaraweera, under special circumstances considering his daughter&#8217;s ill health. 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