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AG’s Dept. clears 8,200 criminal files for 2005
Crime statistics maintained by the Attorney General's Department and the Police Department differ, senior officers of the two law enforcement agencies discovered when they met this week.

A meeting held at Solicitor General C.R. de Silva's chambers on Wednesday between senior Attorney General Department officers and senior police officers led by Senior Superintendent Jagath Keenavinna, Director Crimes produced conflicting statistics, and it was found that the Police records were outdated.

SSP Keenavinna admitted that their records were not updated and said that the matter will be rectified soon. The main reason for these inaccuracies was due to police stations around the country not keeping the Department properly informed, and updates were slow.

It was discovered during this meeting that the Police was maintaining files on persons who had been convicted, served their sentence and returned home. These were identified as 'pending cases' by the Police.

Solicitor General C.R. de Silva admitted that the Police records required streamlining. He said that the Attorney General's Department had disposed of a record 8,200 criminal files during the year 2006, during which 6,700 new files had been opened.
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