SJB visits UN in search of Ranjan’s freedom! (VIDEO)

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A group of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MPs today (10) handed over a communique to the country representative of the United Nations (UN) in search of freedom for former MP Ranjan Ramanayake, who is spending a prison sentence.

Speaking to the media, SJB MP Mujibur Rahuman stated that the UN’s assistance is sought for Ramanayake’s freedom in the event that the President is not concerned of granting him pardon.

The former MP is spending a prison sentence not for any crime or corruption but for contempt of court he is convicted of upon a comment he had made, Rahuman reminded.

Although Ramanayake could have been granted the common pardon as a person who had never involved in any crime, the President is not concerned of such a move, he added.

MIAP

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