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The Court has not allowed the Journalists to be present during the case hearing against the Former Defense Secretary Hemasiri Fernando in relation to the Easter Sunday bomb attack. Former Secretary has been charged with criminal misconduct for failing to take necessary steps to prevent a series of suicide bombings on Easter Sunday despite receiving credible intelligence information. Court officials have informed the journalists to leave the courtroom, based on an order issued by the three bench High Court judges. At the time, journalists had been sitting at the seats reserved for government witnesses at the back of the witness stand, as there were no seats allocated for journalists.