Returning deportee pleads guilty over Facebook threats

A returning deportee has pleaded guilty to threatening Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on the social media site, Facebook, reports Daily Mirror.

The man had been deported from Malaysia for not having a valid visa, and was arrested on arrival at Colombo’s international airport by Sri Lanka’s CID.

He pleaded guilty at the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court earlier on Monday.

See our earlier post: Returning deportee arrested in Sri Lanka for threatening president on Facebook (29 Apr 2016)

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