Colombo Additional Magistrate Aruni Attigalle today directed the prison Authority to produce suspect , Duminda Silva before Colombo National Hospital to examine his health condition under a special panel of doctors.
The Magistrate had sent a letter to the Director of CNH Anil Jasinghe seeking a comprehensive medical report on the suspect as to confirm suspect's inability of appearing before court due to his illness.
Earlier, Chief JMO Ajith Thennakoon had informed the court that the suspect should be examined under the supervision of a panel of specialists doctors at CNH.
The Magistrate had directed the Director of CNH to submit the medical report on February 28.
In a response to a court order, Prison Authority earlier had filled a medical report on the suspect and informed the inability of producing him in court for the ongoing three bribery cases over the charges of not declaring his assets and liabilities for three years.
Duminda Silva was not produced before court by the prison Authority due to his critical health condition.
The Bribery Commission had filed three separate cases against Mr. Silva under the Assets and Liabilities Act for not declaring his assets in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
The Bribery Commission had named Parliament Deputy Secretary General P.M.Neil Parakrama and several others as witnesses. Senior counsel Anuja Premaratne appeared for the defence.
The Colombo High Court sentenced him to death after being convicted of the murder of Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra.
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