Sri Lanka's highest-ranking military officer, Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne, was remanded by court today (28), over his alleged role in protecting the main suspect in the abduction and murder of 11 Tamil youths in 2008.
Wijeguneratne, who was accused of harbouring former Navy officer, Prasad Hettiarachchi alias Navy Sampath, was ordered to remanded till December 05 by Colombo Fort Magistrate Ranga Dissanayaka.
It was also reported that several photo journalists and cameramen who were at the Fort Magistrate’s Court premises to cover Wijeguneratne's case had been attacked by several men who arrived on motorcycles. Journalists at the scene said that they suspect them to be naval officers attached to Admiral Wijeguneratne.
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