Evidence contradictory in Kumar Gunaratnam case!

- Feb 23, 2016

The Frontline Socialist Party says the the police submitted contradictory evidence to Kegalle magistrate’s court today (23) when it took up the case pertaining to party leader Kumar Gunaratnam’s arrest.

There were serious differences in the submissions made by the HQI and the ‘B’ report. The Department of Immigration and Emigration was also called in to give evidence.

The FSP says the Department had dealt with his application for citizenship on political grounds, had been considered on information given by state intelligence sectors.

Therefore, the evidence called today made it clear Gunaratnam’s arrest and the refusal to grant him citizenship were due to political, not legal, reasons.

The next hearing has been fixed for March 01.