Wednesday 7 September 2016

Statement recorded from Neville Wanniarachchi over money laundering inquiry

By Shehan Chamika Silva

The CID told court that it had recorded statements from 40 individuals including chief security officer of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa Neville Wanniarachchi over the inquiry conducted into the security officers under the Money Laundering Act.

Inspector Dinesh Silva, the OIC of Finance Crimes Unit of CID also informed court that the transaction and other bank details pertaining to Captain Tissa Wimalasena, Damith Gomin Ranasinghe and Neville Wanniarachchi were not yet received from the commercial banks and financial institutes.

The prosecution also told Colombo Chief Magistrate that based on the investigation conducted so far there were no any obvious charges being found into the inquiry but the investigations are underway over the incident.

The CID had initiated investigations into this matter consequent to a complaint made by the Anti-corruption Secretariat.

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