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UK court issues arrest warrant for Sri Lankan brigadier

The Westminster Magistrate’s Court has issued an arrest warrant for Brigadier Priyanka Fernando of the Sri Lankan army earlier today, having found him guilty of violating the Public Order Act, sections 5 and 4A of the Act, with the court stating that his actions seems threatening, caused harassment, and that he intended them to be so.
A private prosecution was brought against the Sri Lankan soldier who was filmed motioning a threat to pro-LTTE terrorists’ Tamil diaspora in London last year. The ceremonial war hero was attending a celebration at the Sri Lankan High Commission in the UK to mark ‘Independence Day’ at the time, whilst pro-LTTE terrorists’ Tamil diaspora held a demonstration outside with placards and banned Tamil eelam flags in British soil.
Brigadier Fernando led victorious Sri Lankan troops under the 59 Division in a military offensive in 2009 against the LTTE Tamil terrorists.



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