{"id":181850,"date":"2017-09-08T12:40:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T07:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=181850"},"modified":"2017-09-08T17:22:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T11:52:55","slug":"prisoners-weeratunga-and-palpita-suddenly-falls-sick-hospitalized-after-three-years-ri-sentencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/prisoners-weeratunga-and-palpita-suddenly-falls-sick-hospitalized-after-three-years-ri-sentencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Prisoners Weeratunga And Palpita Suddenly Fall Sick &#8211; Hospitalized After Three Years RI Sentencing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunga and former Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) Anusha Palpita who had each been sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment by the Colombo High Court, were taken into the Prison Hospital today. 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