{"id":185698,"date":"2017-12-20T20:18:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T14:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=185698"},"modified":"2017-12-21T13:47:26","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T08:17:26","slug":"saruwa-sunil-now-bats-for-yahapalanaya-wife-gets-nomination-from-sirisena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/saruwa-sunil-now-bats-for-yahapalanaya-wife-gets-nomination-from-sirisena\/","title":{"rendered":"Saruwa Sunil Now Bats For Yahap\u0101lanaya: Wife Gets Nomination From Sirisena"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a farcical turn of events, President Maithripala Sirisena has sanctioned nominations for the wife of Saruwa Liyanage Sunil (Saruwa Sunil) to contest for the Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha election.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_185699\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Saruwa-Sunil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185699\" class=\" wp-image-185699\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Saruwa-Sunil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"481\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Saruwa-Sunil.jpg 570w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Saruwa-Sunil-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-185699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saruwa Sunil<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Saruwa Sunil is the former Chairman of Akuressa Pradeshiya Sabha who alleged to have hosted a party after raping 100 virgins.<\/p>\n<p>Although Saruwa Sunil publicly denied the 100 virgins allegation, he was prosecuted for a child abuse case in the Colombo High Court.<\/p>\n<p>President Maithripala Sirisena claimed that the party had fielded clean candidates for the Local Government election. 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