Hemantha asks CID officers to come to his 'home'! 

- Feb 28, 2016

President’s counsel Hemantha Warnakulasuriya has asked the CID to meet him at his official chamber in order for him to give a statement in connection with the defrauding of money to the tune of 93,313 euro (Rs. 14.8 million) at the Sri Lankan embassy in Italy during the period he was the ambassador, say sources close to him.

Officers of the CID have so far only visited former chief justice Mohan Silva, former attorney general Yuvanjan Wijetilake and former justice minister Prof. G.L. Peiris to obtain statements. That was to obtain statement in connection with the conspiracy against the state, and not in connection with any financial fraud.

 

Since Warnakulasuriya and solicitor general Suhada Gamlath are close friends, the PC has got him to influence the CID, say top officials at the AG’s department. Had Gamlath become the AG by any chance, this financial fraud probe could well have been pushed under the carpet.

 

Therefore, if Warnakulasuriya does not come to the CID to give his statement, the AG has advised the CID to take appropriate action.