Former Member of Parliament Duminda Silva, who was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital on Saturday (Jan 11), has been discharged and moved to the Prison Hospital.
Duminda Silva was initially admitted to the general ward of the Welikada Prison on Friday (Jan 10) due to a sudden medical condition and was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital the following day.
Prison Media Spokesman Gamini Dissanayake told Newswire, that, however, Duminda Silva was discharged yesterday after which he was brought back to the Prison Hospital.
He said the doctors had advised Duminda Silva to continue his treatment at the Prison Hospital until 15th January, and that the doctors would visit him there for further checkups.
The Colombo High Court imprisoned Duminda Silva for life in 2016, over the murder of former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra.
Silva, who served as the Supervisory MP under the Ministry of Defence during the Mahinda Rajapaksa government, was initially held under remand custody but spent a significant portion of that time in a private hospital in Colombo.
Following his conviction and the imposition of the death sentence, he was accommodated in prison hospitals and later in a comfortable ward at the Jayawardenapura Hospital and Prison Hospital.
This arrangement sparked public criticism, with activists alleging preferential treatment and VIP facilities afforded to the former MP. (NewsWire)