Ranil released on bail

Ranil appears before Colombo Fort Magistrate via Zoom due to bad health Thilak Marapana PC tells court National Audit Office found no evidence of misappropriation Additional Solicitor General Deelipa Peeris flags courtroom misconduct Magistrate orders Contempt of Court inquiry into video footage, photographs of last Friday's hearings Wickremesinghe to receive treatment over next few days, and address joint opposition group thereafter

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• Ranil appears before Colombo Fort Magistrate via Zoom due to bad health

• Thilak Marapana PC tells court National Audit Office found no evidence of misappropriation

• Additional Solicitor General Deelipa Peeris flags courtroom misconduct

• Magistrate orders Contempt of Court inquiry into video footage, photographs of last Friday's hearings

• Wickremesinghe to receive treatment over next few days, and address joint opposition group thereafter

Nilupuli Lankapura yesterday granted bail to former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who had been in remand custody since Friday. He was released on three sureties of Rs. 5 million each.

Wickremesinghe appeared before Court via Zoom as he was receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit of the Colombo National Hospital.

Wickremesinghe was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department last week in connection with the alleged misuse of Rs. 16.6 million in State funds for a 2023 visit to the United Kingdom. Proceedings were adjourned to 29 October.