The Criminal Investigation Department has recorded a statement from Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police for Western Province Deshabandu Tennakoon for over eight hours.
Police sources said SDIG Tennakoon who arrived at the CID to give a statement over the attack on Temple Trees and Galle Face protestors at 4.00 p.m yesterday left the premises past midnight.
The CID is to record statements from several SLPP parliamentarians at Parliament Complex today (18). Johnston Fernando, Rohitha Abeygunewardena, Pavitra Wanniarachchi and C.B.Ratnayake are among the MPs due to give statements to the CID over the May 9 attacks.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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