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The claim

අමාත්‍යවරයෙකුගේ සහ නි. අමාත්‍යවරයෙකුගේ ප්‍රකාශ බවට හඟවමින් සමාජ මාධ්‍යයේ සංසරණය වන ව්‍යාජ සටහන් පෙළක්!

Rating

False

Reviewed by FactCrescendo Sri Lanka ↗ ·

Original fact check ↗

Original review summary

The review found that Deputy Minister Sunil Watagala did not make the statement about police celebrating Ishara Sewwandi’s birthday, and that Newswire had not published the circulating post. It also found that Minister Sunil Handunnetti did not make the circulating remarks defending the use of a comfortable, fast vehicle; both posts were described as false.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FactCrescendo Sri Lanka original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026