Tuesday, September 1, 2020 - 01:02
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe leaving the Police Unit of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry investigating into the Easter Sunday attacks. Picture by Gayan Pushpika
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday arrived at the Police Unit of the Presidential Commission of Investigation (PCoI) into the Easter Sunday attacks.
Police officers attached to the unit recorded a lengthy statement from the former Prime Minister for over four hours.
“UNP General Secretary and former Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam also recorded a statement at the Police unit yesterday for over two hours,” sources said.
Officials had obtained a lengthy statement from former President Maithripala Sirisena too over the East Sunday attacks last week at his official residence at Paget Road, Colombo.
