Fort Magistrate – Thilina Gamage today (11) permitted former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to travel overseas for 10 days from Jan. 20 – 30.

The CID informed the court that Mr. Rajapaksa received the approval of the Attorney General to travel overseas under two conditions.

A foreign travel ban was imposed on 17 persons including the former President by the Fort Magistrate over a group of SLPPers brutally assaulting protestors at Galle Face on May 09.