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Remandees stage rooftop protest at Bogambara demanding PCR tests
BY CYRIL WIMALASURENDRE
KANDY –
A group of remandees held at the former Bogambara prison staged a rooftop protest yesterday demanding that they be subjected to PRC tests. The remandees, numbering about 20, said that they had been held for several days and, therefore, they should be tested for the virus.
Prison officers and police were guarding the prison premises at the time of going to press.The protest ended later in the evening.
