Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekara on May 5 requested the Speaker not to allow Member of Parliament (MP) Rishad Bathiudeen, who is detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) for Easter Sunday attacks to attend Parliament until the investigations relating to his arrest are completed, reports Daily News. Weerasekara stated that any MP who would be detained under the PTA should not be allowed to attend Parliament until the relevant investigations are over. Any statement made by MP Bathiudeen following his attendance in Parliament may hinder the investigations. It may even allow other persons who should be investigated later on, to evade arrest or flee the country.