The wife of former JVP leader Rohana Wijeweera filed a habeas corpus petition today before the Appeal Court requesting to order the government to produce her husband before an appropriate court or to release him.
The petitioner, Srimathi Chithrangani Wijeweera, states that her husband, the founding leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), went missing after being arrested by the government during the insurgency in 1989. Twelve individuals including the Attorney General have been named as respondents in the habeas corpus petition.
She states that her husband was arrested by government security forces on November 12, 1989 in the Ulapane area and that he was not produced before any court ever since. She further says that it has been close to 29 years since her husband was arrested and that the government has not even legally informed her whether he is alive or not. Therefore they are unable to uncover what happened to him, she said.
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