Eraj Ravindra Fernando

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Eraj Ravindra Fernando was the Mayor of Hambantota.{{when|date=December 2019}}[http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/mps-brought-it-themselves-spc-chairman MPs BROUGHT IT ON THEMSELVES – SPC Chairman]{{dead link|date=September 2016}}

Eraj was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

In April 2014 a group of five United National Party politicians whilst visiting the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport on a fact-finding tour, were allegedly attacked by local residents. In August 2019 Fernando was found guilty of threatening the politicians with a firearm and was sentenced to five years imprisonment. In October 2019 he was granted bail by the Hambantota High Court. Fernando is currently seeking a review of his conviction in the Court of Appeal.

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160409125843/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-320285706.html Mattala Airport Opens on March 18]
  • [https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2014/04/20/pol02.asp MPs who never sighted UNP polls campaign in H’tota meet their waterloo]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20161020144303/http://www.dailymirror.lk/46012/i-never-asked-eraj-to-go-there-namal I never asked Eraj to go there-Namal]
  • [http://dailymirror.mawercer.de/46844/rise-and-fall-of-the-war-victory-situation- Rise and fall of the ‘War-Victory’ situation]{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Category:Sri Lankan Buddhists

Category:Living people

Category:Sri Lanka Freedom Party politicians

Category:United People's Freedom Alliance politicians

Category:Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo

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