Shashi Weerawansa's passport case postponed

(Published in Daily Mirror on 28/05/2016)

By Shehan Chamika Silva

The case against former minister Wimal Weerawansa’s wife Sashi on charges of having obtained a passport by providing false documents to the Immigration and Emigration Department, was put off for September 30 on the basis that the Questioned Documents Examiner's report was still pending.

The CID told the court that it had completed investigations and was expecting the Attorney General’s advise on the matter.

According to the prosecution, the suspect had possessed two identity cards and two passports obtained by tendering forged documents.

She was in possession of two identity cards bearing numbers 675320233V and 715346469V and two passports bearing numbers N 1284124 and D 3642817

The CID initiated investigations on a complaint made by Hewapathiranage Chaminda Perera on January 23.