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Ranil probe: AG requests extracts from CID team which travelled to UK
View(s):By Ranjith Padmasiri
The Attorney General has informed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit extracts of further investigations conducted by a CID team which travelled to the UK as part of the probe into the alleged misappropriation of Rs. 16.6 million by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The AG has informed this in writing to the CID’s Director through a letter signed by Deputy Solicitor General Wasantha Perera. The AG has requested the extracts to act in accordance with the order issued by the Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court.
The AG had earlier informed court that he intends to make a request to UK authorities for Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) under provisions of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act to investigate whether the invitation letter from the University of Wolverhampton to Mr. Wickremesinghe to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony was
an official letter or one sent in a personal capacity.
The AG’s letter to the CID Director points out that though the officer in charge of the investigation had been informed to come to the AG’s Department in order to assist in the compilation of documents and the drafting of a questionnaire necessary to file this request, he had not done so. The letter also notes that the CID team had travelled to London without obtaining an MLA from UK authorities.
The Colombo Fort Magistrate’s Court is due to take up the case on January 28.
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