The Hon. Ananda Wijepala - Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs
The Minister responded to a parliamentary question with limited available information, stating that some details were unavailable due to the passage of more than 36 years since the relevant criminal investigations were completed. He confirmed only that nine suspects had been arrested for allegedly assisting in planning violent acts linked to an attack on the gate guard post of Sri Dalada Maligawa, and said the remaining part of the question did not arise.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the answers are as follows:
¶ 02 (a) (i) Yes. (ii) No information. (iii) No information. (iv) Yes. There is information only to the effect that nine suspects were arrested as suspects who assisted in planning violent acts together with those who planned an attack on the gate guard post of Sri Dalada Maligawa. (v) No information. (vi) No information. (vii) As more than 36 years have elapsed since the completion of criminal investigations, sufficient records are not available to present specific details.
¶ 03 (b) Does not arise.
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