Sri Lanka, Sept. 1 -- Former Parliamentarian Udaya Gammanpila, who is currently in Thailand, has filed a writ petition through his lawyer seeking an order preventing his arrest by the CID in connection with a statement he made to a Sinhala newspaper regarding the arrest of former Navy Commander Admiral Nishantha Ulugetenne.

The petitioner, Gammanpila states that, on August 27, 2025, several news reports indicated that the CID had informed the Colombo Fort Magistrate's Court that an investigation had been initiated to determine whether the remarks made by the petitioner constituted an offence under Section 3(1) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act No. 56 of 2007 and Section 120 of the Penal Code.

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