Sri Lanka: Legal battle of UNP-dissidents continues (TamilNet)
Yahoo May 19th, 2007The Colombo District Court Friday extended its stay order for the third time against the decision of the main opposition United National Party (UNP) to expel eleven dissident parliamentarians of the UNP who joined the government led by Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse and accepted ministries, and called for further explanation from the UNP leadership, legal sources said.
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