The Hon. Ananda Wijepala
Ananda Wijepala stated that a Central Crime Investigation Unit is being established at provincial level to reduce the caseload on the CID and improve investigative efficiency. He informed Parliament that information from organized criminals recently brought to Sri Lanka led to the arrest of a Sub-Inspector in Gampaha and a serving Army Lieutenant Colonel in Mallawi, Palinagar. He said investigations would continue thoroughly and that all persons who supported organized crime would be brought before the law without fear or favour.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, in addition to the CID, we have established a Central Crime Investigation Unit, being set up at provincial level. This was to reduce the volume of complaints reaching the CID, or otherwise to conduct investigations more efficiently.
¶ 02 Regarding your second point, concerning organized criminals recently apprehended abroad and brought here, I can state a few principal matters that can be disclosed to this House now. Based on information obtained from them, yesterday in the Gampaha area, a Sub-Inspector was taken into custody. Further, based on information revealed through these organized criminals, today at noon a serving Lieutenant Colonel of the Sri Lanka Army was arrested in the Mallawi, Palinagar area. These investigations are being carried out very thoroughly. No one who provided support to these organized crimes will be allowed to escape the law. We will conduct deep investigations and, without fear or favour, bring them before justice. That is our expectation.
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