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en_102524_0	MP Tissa Attanayake who was arrested in connection with preparing fraudulent documents wad remanded untill February 11th by the Colombo Fort Additional Magistrate Jayantha Nanayakkara today.
en_102524_1	The CID arrested MP Tissa Attanayake at his residence this morning, and he was produced before the Court after obtaining his statements.
en_102524_2	Having crossed over to the then government led by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Tissa Attanayake convened a media conference and announced that there was a secret agreement between UNP Leader and then common candidate Maithreepala Sirisena.
en_102524_3	However, the following day, or December 23th, then common candidate Maithreepala Sirisena and UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe refuted the allegations made by MP Tissa Attanayake.
en_102524_4	During the same media conference, UNP Leader and current Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the signatures appeared in Tissa Attanayake document was counterfeited.
en_102524_5	Later the UNP Leader made a complaint to the CID with regard to Tissa Attanayake’s document, and the CID found the document was forged, and its signatures were also counterfeited.
en_102524_6	Accordingly, under the Penal Code and the instruction of the Attorney General, MP Tissa Attanayake was arrested on the charges of preparing forged document.
en_102524_7	Submitting investigation reports to the Court today, the CID informed the Court that the said agreement announced by MP Tissa Attanayake was a forged document.
en_102524_8	Accordingly, the CID requested the magistrate not to grant bail to the suspect as such situation could lead to public chaos.
en_102524_9	However Opposition Leader Nimal Siripala de Silva expressed his views in parliament today with regard to the arrest of MP Tissa Attanayake.
en_102524_10	He said that MP Attanayake was arrested without educating the Speaker.
en_102524_11	Later State Minister Range Bandara, MP Wasudeva Nanayakkara, Minister Rajitha Senarathna and Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa also intervened in the speech made by Opposition Leader Nimal Siripala de Silva.
en_102524_12	Update : Monday, 02 February 2015 - 18:42 ---------------------------------------------- Tissa Attanayaka arrested Former General Secretary of the UNP,  MP Tissa Attanayaka has been arrested by the CID on the charge of producing a forged document.
en_102524_13	Police say that he was arrested at his residence in in Bauddhaloka mawatha.