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Premalal Jayasekara reportedly left Sri Lanka before foreign travel ban

From Lankadeepa · () Sinhala

Translated from Sinhala and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Former Sri Lankan State Minister Premalal Jayasekara reportedly left the country before a Supreme Court order barred him and two others from traveling abroad.
  • The court also ordered the three to appear on October 21.
  • Jayasekara, who had faced a death sentence after a murder conviction, was later released and is reportedly expected to return from Thailand soon.

Former State Minister Premalal Jayasekara, also known as Choka Malli, reportedly traveled abroad before Sri Lanka's Supreme Court imposed a ban on his foreign travel.

The court issued the order on September 4 against Jayasekara and two others who had been released after facing a murder case. It also ordered them to appear before the court on October 21.

Jayasekara was convicted over a shooting during a 2015 presidential election campaign rally for then-candidate Maithripala Sirisena. The Ratnapura High Court sentenced him to death. He was later released.

Reports say Jayasekara traveled to Thailand but is expected to return to Sri Lanka soon.

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