Doctors in custody granted bail

Sarath Malalasekera

The investigators who are conducting investigations into the four doctors who had been detained under the Emergency Regulation told Colombo Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge Nisantha Hapuarachchi yesterday that the four doctors had given false information to the British and Foreign Media that the Internal Displace Persons (IDP’s) are suffering without proper facilities to them.

At the outset Senior Defence Counsel E. Thambiah moving for bail submitted to Court that his clients had acted on the instruction of the LTTE leaders and given false information to the International Media. The four doctors were taken into custody by the investigators from the uncleared areas in Wellamulli Waikkal earlier.

The four doctors who were detained were Mullaitivu Medical Superintendent Thangavelu Sathyamoorthi, Tiloanchalim Wallawar, Weerakanthi Pillai Shanmugarajah and Krishuraja Vardharaja.

They were granted conditional personal bail of Rupees one million with two sureties each. Judge Hapuarachchi directed the four doctors to report at the Vavuniya CID Office once a month. Granting bail to the four doctors, Judge Hapuarachchi directed them to appear in Court on November 9. Senior Defence Counsel E. Thambiah with Thilak Wijesundera, P. Navarajah instructed by Manjula Pathiraja appeared for the four doctors.