Ex-NDDCB chief asks for asylum

By Chamindra Silva-November 22, 2015, 10:06 pm 

Former Chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Control Board of Sri Lanka, Dr. Nilanga Samarasinghe, is planning to leave the country, claiming his life is in danger.

Dr. Samarasinghe told The Island that he had recently written to the British, Norwegian, Canadian, Australian and American diplomatic missions in Colombo, seeking asylum. The former top official said that he had decided to leave the country due to threats from politicians and their henchmen involved in the heroin trade.

The government recently replaced Dr. Samarasinghe with Prof. Ravindra Fernando as Chairman of NDDCB.

Dr. Samarasinghe has claimed that he has a list of politicians including parliamentarians involved in narcotics trade, but he has declined to hand it over to relevant agencies for action.

The former NDDCB chief said in a recent TV interviews that the list had been prepared on the basis of a survey.