Government not raised against of Sisira Mendis - Ruwan Wijewarden

Dec 11, 2016

The government will not investigate allegations raised against the head of intelligence Sisira Mendis despite calls to do so by a UN committee.

State Minister of Defence Ruwan Wijewardene told that he does not see any need to investigate Mendis as the allegations against him are baseless.

 

However Ruwan Wijewardene said the government will look into the concerns raised by the UN committee. The UN Committee against torture last week issued the government a deadline to investigate the allegations on Sisira Mendis.

 

Following a review on Sri Lanka, the UN Committee last week called on Sri Lanka to submit details on the investigation on Mendis.

 

Mendis was the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) when the former government was in power.

 

The CID under Mendis was accused of torture in a UN investigations report and so the UN Committee demanded an investigation on the allegations.  Mendis was part of the Sri Lankan delegation when the UN Committee against Torture reviewed Sri Lanka last month.