FCID to be annulled!

Apr 14, 2016

The Financial Crime Investigation Department (FCID), formed by the ‘Yahapaalana’ government to investigate corruption in the previous Rajapaksa regime, is to be annulled soon, say FCID sources.

The decision follows a request made to the president by SLFP seniors led by minister Nimal Siripala de Silva, and the prime minister has given his consent to the decision, reports say.

Once the FCID is annulled, the government has decided to establish it under a new name through a parliamentary act.To be called the Financial & Economic Investigation Agency, its head will be incumbent chief of the FCID, senior DIG Ravindra Vidyalankara.