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Mawanella politico arrested, given bail

10 Nov 2021

By Buddhika Samaraweera Three suspects, including Mawanella Pradeshiya Sabha (PS) Deputy Chairman K.G. Piyatissa who had allegedly forcibly entered a school in the Mawanella area on 3 November and obstructed the duties of its principal and teachers, were enlarged on bail after being produced before the Mawanella Magistrate’s Court yesterday (10). The suspects were arrested by the Police last morning, and were then released on a personal bail count of Rs. 100,000 each when they were produced before the Mawanella Magistrate’s Court and ordered to appear before the court again on 3 February 2022. On the morning of 3 November, the three suspects had entered the Mederigama Maha Vidyalaya in Mawanella and asked the parents, who were engaged in a protest over the teachers’ and principals’ salary anomaly issue, to leave the school premises. They had then obstructed the principal and teachers of the said school. Following the incident, the Teachers’ and Principals’ Trade Union Alliance (TPTUA) had written to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chandana D. Wickramaratne to initiate legal action against the suspects. Furthermore, more than 1,000 teachers and principals, on two occasions, surrounded the Mawanella Police Station in protest over the non-arrest of the suspects. Teachers and principals in the Mawanella Education Zone did not report to work on 9 November in protest over the matter, and they instead staged a protest in front of the Mawanella Police Station. Speaking to the media during the protest, the teachers and principals warned that if legal actions are not taken against Piyatissa and two other individuals who entered said school on 3 November, the schools in not only the Mawanella area and the Kegalle District, but islandwide too will be closed in the coming days.

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