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Tamil journalist J.S. Tissanagayam, who was serving a 20-year prison term, left Welikada Prison today (Jan. 13) after signing his bail application in the court.
His release order had been communicated to prison authorities.
A two-member panel of appeal court judges considered his application for bail two days ago, and freed him on a Rs. 50,000 bail.
Tissanayagam was ordered to hand over his passport to the court.
He was arrested in March 2008 and after a prolonged detention was indicted under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and Emergency Regulations in August same year.
After a 20-day hearing, the Colombo high court found him guilty of trying to create communal disharmony and aiding terrorism through his 'North Eastern Monthly' magazine.
© Colombo Today
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