CID seeks Speaker’s permission to question Wimal

Sunday, 16 June 2013 

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has sought the Speaker’s permission to record a statement from Minister Wimal Weerawansa on a complaint lodged by Kaduwela Mayor G.H. Buddhadasa.

G.H. Buddhadasa had lodged a complaint with the Human Rights Commission that the police had not permitted a political march and rally organized by him during the 2011 local government police due to Weerawansa’s influence and that permission had been granted for Weerawansa’s candidate for the Kaduwela Municipal Council election, Buddhika Jayawilal. Buddhadasa has said that his human rights have been violated by the police.

After inquiring into the complaint for one and a half years, the Human Rights Commission has asked the IGP and the Attorney General’s Department to initiate legal action against the Kaduwela Deputy Mayor Buddhika Jayawilal, then SSP for Nugegoda Deshabandu Tennakoon, the OICs of the Nawagamuwa, Athurugiriya, Thalangama police stations at the time and the officers of the Nugegoda SSP’s office.

Buddhadasa and Weerawansa have been at loggerheads in the Kaduwela electorate for some time and President Mahinda Rajapaksa had extended his support to Buddhadasa in order to create a balance in the situation.

Minister Susil Premajayantha has told some of his friends that it was the President who had asked Buddhadasa to lodge the complaint against Weerawansa and spoken to the head of the Commission, Balapatabendi to take action against the Minister.

Legal action against 1200 police personals

Sunday, 16 June 2013,  Legal action to be taken against 1,200 police personals obtained bribery in the country.

Several high ranking police officials were also among them. Investigations are currently underway, sources said. CID officials, officials of bribery commissions, TID officials together with officials from SriLanka human rights commission conduct further investigations against these suspects. Police officials who have sacrifices their life to establish law and order in the country have involved in abductions, murders and obtaining bribery, political analyzed said.