“The Department of Prisons has the authority to grant approval to a prisoner in custody to attend functions while serving a sentence. Chandrakanthan was allowed to take part in a district development meeting held in Batticaloa on Tuesday (10) and then another public function at a kovil on Wednesday,” Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya told The Morning.
Concerns were raised in Parliament over Pillayan being allowed to attend the function in the East and the district development meeting.
Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarian M.A Sumanthiran said that as a remand prisoner Pillayan can only attend Parliament (NewsWire)
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