Colombo (News 1st) A Tamil political prisoner was released today after 14 years.
When the defendant was produced before Magistrate Tharanga Maharatne at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, he was ordered to be released.
Kanakaratnam Adityan, a Tamil political prisoner, was released today after 14 years.
Kanakaratnam Adityan was arrested and jailed in 2009 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act on charges of smuggling sophisticated equipment for the LTTE.
In 2007, a vehicle that was going to hand over some modern technical equipment imported from Singapore to the LTTE leadership was seized by the police at Vavuniya – Dumbiperiyakulam.
Kanakaratnam Adityan was arrested in 2009 in connection with this incident.
It is noteworthy that President Advocate KV Thavarasa appeared in the forum under the auspices of Advocate Brinda Chandrakes on behalf of Kanakaratnam Adityan and presented the issues.