The Colombo High Court has decided to hear the case against MP Hirunika Premachandra on the 12th and 13th of March, 2019.
The case against Colombo district Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra for her alleged involvement in the abduction of a youth using a Defender . At an earlier occasion the seven suspects plead guilty in the case; the eighth suspect, Hirunika Premachandra plead not guilty.
The seven are alleged to have masterminded and conducted the abduction of a 34-year-old youth in Dematogoda in December 2016 using a Land Rover belonging to Premachandra.
Nine including Premachandra were charged over the abduction while the Colombo District MP was arrested on January 9, 2016 and subsequently granted bail by the court.
On November 06, the suspects excluding UNP MP Hirunika Premachandra admitted before the Colombo High Court to abducting the youth and were sentenced to 2 years rigorous imprisonment suspended for 12 years by the Colombo High Court.