The Hon. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
In response to Question 858/2025, the Minister listed the institutions under the Public Security Section and reported that, since the present Government took office, the Sri Lanka Police conducted 128 investigations and the Department of Immigration and Emigration 149, while three other institutions conducted none. He detailed the subject areas, arrests, cases filed and seizures, including firearm-related homicide and attempted murder investigations, protected animal killings, immigration and passport-related violations, 219 foreign nationals arrested by Immigration, and 2,089 firearms seized by Police up to 31 July 2025. He also stated that Immigration had not instituted prosecutions, with deportations and removals handled under the Immigrants and Emigrants Act, No. 20 of 1948.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I answer as follows to Question 858/2025.
¶ 02 (a) (i) Institutions under the Public Security Section: - Sri Lanka Police - Department of Immigration and Emigration - National Dangerous Drugs Control Board - National Secretariat for Non-Governmental Organizations - National Police Academy
¶ 03 (ii) Number of investigations since the present Government came into power: - Sri Lanka Police: 128 - Department of Immigration and Emigration: 149 - National Dangerous Drugs Control Board: No investigations conducted. - National Secretariat for NGOs: No investigations conducted. - National Police Academy: No investigations conducted.
¶ 04 (iii) Subject matters investigated: - Sri Lanka Police: • Homicides using firearms • Attempts to murder and causing injuries using firearms • Killings using firearms and killing of protected animals - Immigration and Emigration: • Foreigners overstaying visas and remaining in Sri Lanka • Foreigners remaining in Sri Lanka in violation of visa conditions • Sri Lankans submitting false information/forged documents to obtain passports
¶ 05 (iv) Arrests so far: - Sri Lanka Police: • Homicides: 10 persons • Attempts to murder and causing injuries: 241 persons • Killing of protected animals: 180 persons - Department of Immigration and Emigration: • Arrested foreign nationals by country: Vietnam 23; Pakistan 2; Bangladesh 106; India 56; China 4; Thailand 6; Philippines 2; Burundi 2; Ethiopia 1; Kenya 2; Uganda 1; Nepal 1; Russia 3; Netherlands 1; Yemen 2; Israel 4; Australia 1; Italy 1. Total 219.
¶ 06 (v) Cases filed: - Sri Lanka Police: • Homicides: 3 cases • Attempts to murder and causing injuries: 3 cases • Killing of protected animals: 0 cases - Department of Immigration and Emigration: No prosecutions instituted. Deportations/removals are carried out under the Immigrants and Emigrants Act, No. 20 of 1948.
¶ 07 (vi) Arms and ammunition taken into custody: - Sri Lanka Police: • In homicide cases: Pistols 5; Revolvers 1; T-56 rifles 5; shotguns 103; repeater 3; “galkatas” 27; others – total not stated in the excerpt. • In attempts to murder and causing injuries: figures indicated as totals; overall, in all such searches with or without suspects, total firearms seized up to 2025.07.31 amount to 2,089: Pistols 56; Revolvers 47; T-56/AK-type 12; shotguns 1,733; repeater 188; “galkatas” 43; others 10; (plus smaller bore rifles and other items as per detailed table). - Department of Immigration and Emigration: Not applicable.
¶ 08 (b) Does not arise.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 5 August 2025 ·No. 1754902606038704 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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