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Courts bar directors of X-Press Pearl local agent from overseas travel
January 28, 2026
|Daily FT
THE Attorney General informed the Supreme Court this week that Court orders have been secured to prevent the directors of the local agent company of the MV X-Press Pearl from leaving Sri Lanka.
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Additional Solicitor General Nerin Pulle, appearing for the Attorney General, made the submission when several Fundamental Rights petitions connected to the X-Press Pearl incident were taken up to assess progress in implementing earlier Court directions.
He told Court that the travel restrictions were issued by the Colombo Magistrate’s Court and the Colombo High Court.
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