Dhaniz Ali guilty of using mobile phone in prison
Gota Go Gama protester Dhaniz Ali has pleaded guilty of using a mobile phone in prison.
The Prisons Department said that Dhaniz Ali has been sentenced to another 14 days imprisonment and transferred to the Welikada Prison from the new Magazine Prison.
Dhaniz Ali was arrested inside a plane at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) on 26th July.
Ali was arrested for forcibly entering the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation on 13th July.
Airport officials asked the activist to leave the aircraft but he refused to do so.
He refused to disembark and protested inside the plane and got the support of some passengers.
The Police later boarded the plane and removed him with the support of airport officers. (Colombo Gazette)