Party probe on self immolation after Ranil returns

A decision on holding an internal party investigation on the self immolation of a party supporter will only be taken after UNP Leader Ranil Wickramsinghe returns to Sri Lanka, said UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake . He made this statement at a media conference held today.

However, he said the party will not object to the Police carrying on with their investigations regarding this case.

The man, identified as Rienzi Algama set himself on fire in front of the UNP Headquarters ‘Sirikotha’ on Monday.

Tissa Attanayake added that nothing should be done to dishonour Algama as he acted out of love for the party and that this is the first time in Sri lanka that a person had resorted to self-immolation in the name of a political party.