The Sunday Times: Sri Lanka: Tuesday, December 19, 2017.
R.S.
Bamunusinghe Arachchige from the World Trade Centre in Colombo has used the
Right to Information Act (RTI) to ask the Police Commission whether a front
page story in the Sunday Times is correct and what action It proposes to take
over the matter.
The report on
December 3 was headlined “Phone monitoring: Police Commission takes case to
CC.” Mr Arachchige has asked whether the Police Commission has launched an
inquiry into the allegations made by the Senior DIGs that their telephone
records were being sought by Police Chief Pujith Jayasundera. Our report said
that the head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Senior DIG Ravi
Seneviratne revealed how Police Chief Jayasundera wanted telephone records of
senior officers.
The request
has been directed to Commission Secretary N. Ariyadasa Cooray. Commission sources
said the independent body does not have the jurisdiction to probe the conduct
of the Police Chief since he does not come within the definition of the Public
Officers Act.
The RTI
request also includes a query on whether any action has been initiated in
respect of the Director of the SIU (Special Investigations Unit) who had
allegedly sought details without a judicial order.
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