{"id":186378,"date":"2018-01-14T21:41:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T16:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=186378"},"modified":"2018-01-15T10:42:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T05:12:16","slug":"weerawansa-incites-supporters-to-attack-nirmal-dewasiri-and-sarath-wijesuriya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/weerawansa-incites-supporters-to-attack-nirmal-dewasiri-and-sarath-wijesuriya\/","title":{"rendered":"Weerawansa Incites Supporters To Attack Nirmal Dewasiri And Sarath Wijesuriya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wimal Weerawansa, leader of the Jathika Nidahas Peramuna (National Freedom Front), addressing a meeting in Moratuwa urged supporters to give Dr. Nirmal Dewasiri and Prof. Sarath Wijesuriya, both academics at Colombo University, &#8216;the treatment that Lokuge meted out to Marikkar.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Weerawansa, whose party members are contesting the local government elections under the Pohottuwa Symbol of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), was referring to an incident where Gamini Lokuge (also a &#8216;Pohottuwa&#8217; supporter) assaulted S. 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