Two cases filed against Shashi Weerawansa, National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa’s wife for fraudulently obtaining two passports including a diplomatic passport by submitting forged documents to the Department of Immigration and Emigration were fixed for further trial by Colombo Chief Magistrate, today.
Accordingly, the seventh, sixteenth and seventeenth witnesses of the case were notified to appear in Courts on May 25, 30 and 31 by Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara.
At a previous occasion, in his evidence an Assistant Commissioner attached to the Department of Registration of Persons informed Court that Shashi Weerawansa applied for a National Identity Card (NIC) in the year of 2010 as a person who applying for the first time. He said the accused had submitted her application for a NIC at the age of 39 as a person who never obtained.
When the cases came up before Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara, defence counsel appearing on behalf of the accused sought a further date for the trial citing that they are required to peruse a document.
The CID filed two charge sheets against Shashi Weerawansa that she had fraudulently obtained two passports including a diplomatic passport by submitting forged documents to the Department of Immigration and Emigration.
The witness earlier informed Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara that an article published on Ravaya newspaper revealed the accused had possessed two identity cards by two different numbers indicating that she born in 1967 and 1971.
The case was fixed for further trial on August 29.
The witness is to be cross-examined on next trial date.
On a previous occasion, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) filed a charge sheet against ShashiWeerawansa under two counts.
Shashi Weerawansa was arrested on February, 2015 over the charge of obtaining diplomatic and general passports illegally.
She had allegedly submitted birth certificate with forged names and dates of birth to obtain those passports.
She is currently out on bail.
Deputy Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris, Chief Inspector Jayantha and Police Constable Ganegedara of CID prosecuted. President’s Counsel Anil de Silva with Jayantha Weerasinghe PC appeared for the accused.
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