State Intelligence Unit vigilant of Mangala’s trip to England

Thursday, 13 December 2012 

A directive has been issued to the State Intelligence Service by a high government office to inquire and report immediately on the sudden trip undertaken by former Foreign Minister and UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera to England on the 12th morning.

The President and the Rajapaksa family are concerned over Samaraweera’s sudden trip to England after lodging a complaint with Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma about the current situation in the country. The situation has got worse with former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge also undertaking a sudden trip to England at the same time.

All institutions in London are to close down after the 18th for the holiday season. However, the reason for the concern is the fact that several European diplomats in Colombo had met with the former Foreign Minister on the 11th night at the residence of a powerful UNP MP.

It is learnt that the former Foreign Minister’s visit to England had been previously planned and that it is not an official visit. He is expected to spend his Christmas holidays in Scotland.