Ranil raises CID move to question UNP MPs

WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013 

Opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe charged in Parliament today that there was an attempt by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to take in a few UNP MPs for questioning over their participation in a workshop organised by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, a German organisation promoting liberal politics in the world.

Mr. Wickremesinghe said the UNP as a party, engaged in electoral politics and undertook training on election campaign management under a workshop conducted by this organisation. He said this Foundation had brought down a resource person to conduct   the workshop, ahead of the Northern Provincial Council Election planned to be held in the near future. (Kelum Bandara)

Badge stolen from Judge’s car

A complaint was lodged at Mirihana Police this morning that a car badge depicting Toyota logo had been stolen from the vehicle belonged to Appeal Court Judge Deepali Wijesundere.

The vehicle had been parked under a tree at Nadukarawatte in Udahamulla. (M.S.Perera and Bimal Shaman Jayasinghe)