Sri Lanka, Aug. 23 -- The legal community strongly criticized and condemned comments made by YouTuber Sudantha Thilakasiri, popularly known as "Sudaa," regarding the possible arrest and remanding of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, describing the remarks as an affront to the country's judicial system and law enforcement authorities.

In a recent social media post, Thilakasiri declared that if former President Wickremesinghe appeared before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Friday (22) to give a statement, it would be "mandatory" for authorities to arrest him, produce him before court, and remand him for 14 days. He further claimed that if this did not happen, he would cease producing YouTube programmes.

Condemning thes...