Special High Court Permits SLPP Candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa To Travel Overseas For Medical Treatment

The Special High Court has allowed SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa to travel overseas during the period between October 09 and October 12.

Accordingly, the court has released his passport. Rajapaksa's requested permission to travel to Singapore for medical treatment.

Rajapaksa underwent a heart surgery in Singapore before his nomination as the Presidential candidate of the SLPP.

Meanwhile, the Writ petition challenging the validity of Rajapaksa's Sri Lankan citizenship will be heard in the Court of Appeal today as well.