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Nimal Lanza
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- Role
- Former Member of Parliament; described as a former State Minister
- Status
- Arrested 29 August 2025 and remanded; granted bail by the Negombo High Court, reported 8 September 2025; no verdict reported
Connections (3)
- Nimal Lanza / Charged in; arrested August 2025 / Negombo 2006 protest assault and trespass caseAllegation
- He was arrested after surrendering to the Kochchikade Police. According to Ada Derana, the Attorney General has filed charges against the former State Minister in connection with an assault and trespassing incident during a protest in 2006.29 Aug 2025 · Ada Derana · Former MP Nimal Lanza arrested
- He was remanded until 12 September after appearing before Negombo Magistrate Rakitha Abeysinghe. He is accused of damaging a municipal councillor’s house during the 2006 local government elections; the police spokesperson said he faces charges of unlawful entry, unlawful assembly and theft.29 Aug 2025 · News 1st · Nimal Lanza Remanded Over 2006 Election Case
- Ada Derana reported that he was granted bail by the Negombo High Court after being remanded.8 Sep 2025 · Ada Derana · Former MP Nimal Lanza arrested over assault incident granted bail
- Nimal Lanza / Last elected party; district and electorate office-holder, from 2020 / Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)
- Parliament’s directory gives the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna as his last elected party. His political career lists, for 2020, Gampaha District Deputy Team Leader of the SLPP and Wattala & Negombo Electorate Zone Convener of the SLPP.13 Oct 2026 · Parliament of Sri Lanka · Hon. Nimal Lanza, M.P.
- Nimal Lanza / Visited at his Negombo home by, October 2011 / Mahinda Rajapaksa
- The day after a Special Task Force raid on his residence, President Mahinda Rajapaksa flew to Negombo with Basil Rajapaksa and visited Lanza, then a Western Provincial Council minister, at his home. The report calls Lanza a staunch backer of Basil Rajapaksa in the Gampaha District.23 Oct 2011 · The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) · Breakdown in law and order, politicisation of police