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Protesters move court against bid to remove them
By A.J.A Abeynayake
Several anti-government protesters at Gota Go Gama have filed four writ petitions at the Court of Appeal requesting the court to prevent the police from removing them from the Galle Face protest site. Earlier, the OIC at the Colombo Fort Police station issued written and oral orders.
The petitions were filed through attorney-at-law, Manjula Balasuriya. The petitioners have named the OIC at the Colombo Fort Police station, CI Sagara Liyanage, IGP Chandana D. Wickramaratne, Urban Development Authority (UDA) and the Attorney General as respondents.
The petitioners have said that the directives of the OIC at the Colombo Fort Police station violated their constitutional rights and asked the court to suspend them until their petitions are heard.
