Tiran Alles
Member of Parliament (National List, Democratic National Alliance) · United People's Party (UPP)
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Investigations
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Charges pending
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Acquitted / dismissed
Next in court
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Tiran Alles is under investigation. A CID investigation followed a criminal complaint by newsprint supplier L.P.L. Kesara Lanka (Pvt) Ltd about post-dated cheques allegedly issued and dishonoured when Ceylon Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd bought paper. Alles and Ceylon Newspapers petitioned the Court of Appeal, naming the IGP, the CID Director and the OIC of the Commercial Crime Investigation Division as respondents. A two-judge bench (Justices Sasi Mahendran and Pradeep Hettiarachchi) issued a writ preventing the police from arresting or detaining Alles and the company's directors, representatives and employees in connection with the complaint, finding that the matter concerned a commercial transaction and that sufficient evidence of criminal wrongdoing had not been presented. The court expressly allowed investigators to continue and to take lawful action if new evidence emerges. Not arrested, charged or remanded. The writ protects him from arrest in connection with this complaint only; it is not an acquittal or a finding that no offence could ever be established. Reports differ on whether the order is a final writ of prohibition (Daily Mirror, Newswire) or an interim order (Asian Mirror, Sri Lanka Mirror), and on the order date (30 Sep per Daily Mirror and the tracker; Newswire's 1 Oct report). The wording should be checked against the published judgment.
Tiran Alles legal timeline
- 30 September 2026
Hearing
A two-judge Court of Appeal bench issued a writ preventing police from arresting or detaining Alles and Ceylon Newspapers directors, representatives and employees over a CID complaint about dishonoured post-dated cheques to a newsprint supplier. The court found the dispute commercial in nature and the material presented insufficient to establish criminal wrongdoing, while allowing the investigation to continue.
Court: Court of Appeal
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Tiran Alles court cases
Ceylon Newspapers dishonoured-cheques investigation - writ barring arrest
A CID investigation followed a criminal complaint by newsprint supplier L.P.L. Kesara Lanka (Pvt) Ltd about post-dated cheques allegedly issued and dishonoured when Ceylon Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd bought paper. Alles and Ceylon Newspapers petitioned the Court of Appeal, naming the IGP, the CID Director and the OIC of the Commercial Crime Investigation Division as respondents. A two-judge bench (Justices Sasi Mahendran and Pradeep Hettiarachchi) issued a writ preventing the police from arresting or detaining Alles and the company's directors, representatives and employees in connection with the complaint, finding that the matter concerned a commercial transaction and that sufficient evidence of criminal wrongdoing had not been presented. The court expressly allowed investigators to continue and to take lawful action if new evidence emerges.
What’s happened
Not arrested, charged or remanded. The writ protects him from arrest in connection with this complaint only; it is not an acquittal or a finding that no offence could ever be established. Reports differ on whether the order is a final writ of prohibition (Daily Mirror, Newswire) or an interim order (Asian Mirror, Sri Lanka Mirror), and on the order date (30 Sep per Daily Mirror and the tracker; Newswire's 1 Oct report). The wording should be checked against the published judgment.
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Next hearing / due
- Next hearing not confirmed
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Tiran Alles political career
Ministerial positions
Minister of Public Security
Until 2024
Other political positions
Member of Parliament (National List, Democratic National Alliance)
2010–?
Member of Parliament (National List, SLPP)
2020–2024
Chairman / leader, United People's Party (UPP)
Dates not publicly confirmed
Tiran Alles party history
Reported as joining the Democratic National Alliance associated with Sarath Fonseka, serving as its chairman and entering Parliament through its National List in 2010. When he left the DNA was not established.
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Leader/chairman of the United People's Party by 2020, and named as its office bearer in the Election Commission's 2025 recognised-party list. In 2024 the UPP under his chairmanship supported Ranil Wickremesinghe's presidential candidacy, which is support for a candidate, not membership of another party. No reliable later report of a change was found.