AG’s Dept. in snail pace!

 Sep 02, 2016

Nearly 19,500 court cases remain piled up in the Attorney General’s Department that had been referred by the police in the past 20 years for advice, say sources at the department.

Added to the pile are the cases that had been sent by the FCID and the CID in the 18 months since the ‘Yahapaalana’ government took office, the sources say.

Due to this delay, many suspects in these cases have fled the country. For instance, the Navy officers accused of having abducted Tamil students are planning to go overseas, say Navy sources.

The cases pertaining to the Vidya murder case at Pungudutivu in Jaffna, cases of Wimal and Shashi Weerawansa have been added to the cases piled up at the AG’s department.