Warrant issued for Wimal over 2016 UN protest

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Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama issued a warrant for former Minister Wimal Weerawansa, who has been named as a suspect in connection with a protest that blocked roads around the United Nations office in Thummulla, Colombo, during the visit of former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein to Sri Lanka in 2016.