Kumar Gunaratnam granted citizenship

The Department of Immigration and Emigration has granted citizenship to Frontline Socialist Party (FSP) politburo member Kumar Gunaratnam with effect from February 1. FSP Education Secretary Pubudu Jagoda said that Gunaratnam has already received the relevant letter from the Department of Immigration and Emigration.Jagoda added that Gunaratnam will get his Australian citizenship annulled in the future He was arrested in November 2015 for violating immigration and emigration laws after arriving in the country on tourist visa. Gunaratnam was released from the Anuradhapura Prison after the completion of his one year prison sentence on December 2, 2016.