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No Covid-19 threat from arrested protesters

05 Aug 2021

The dozens of protesters who were arrested yesterday (04) during a demonstration in front of the Presidential Secretariat have tested negative for Covid-19 following the conduct of Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) on the arrestees. Police Spokesman Senior DIG Ajith Rohana stated that they were taken into custody on charges of unlawful assembly, blocking a main road and behaving in violation of quarantine regulations. Accordingly, they will be produced before court under the provisions of the Quarantine & Prevention of Diseases Ordinance, the Penal Code and the National Thoroughfares Act. Protesting teacher-principal trade unions had arrived in Colombo in four vehicle parades, demanding solutions for their salary anomaly issue. The situation also caused traffic congestion near the Presidential Secretariat.


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