The island.lk: Sri Lanka: Monday, 8th June 2026.
Police Headquarters hasn’t responded to a Right to Information (RTI) query regarding sending a team of police officers to the UK to investigate President Ranil Wickremesinghe visit in September, 2023.Sources said that the RTI request was made on 08 January, this year, by journalist Thilini Ranasinghe.
The above request was
forwarded to the Senior Deputy Inspector General of the Criminal Investigation
and Financial Crimes Investigation Unit on January 09, but the CID has not
provided the above information to date.
The appeal application in this regard was forwarded to the Inspector General of Police on January 29.
According to the Right to Information Act, when such a request is made, all relevant details must be provided within a period of 14 days.
The delay in providing information on the money spent by the government on the police officers who visited England has raised serious suspicions in many quarters.
Responding to an inquiry in this regard, a leader of a major political party stated that the requested information is not being provided as the amount spent on the London visit by the police is equivalent to the amount stated by the Criminal Investigation Department that was spent on the visit of the VIII Executive President to England.
The government has alleged Wickremesinghe spent Rs 16.2 mn for his 2023 September UK visit.
Police Headquarters hasn’t responded to a Right to Information (RTI) query regarding sending a team of police officers to the UK to investigate President Ranil Wickremesinghe visit in September, 2023.Sources said that the RTI request was made on 08 January, this year, by journalist Thilini Ranasinghe.
The appeal application in this regard was forwarded to the Inspector General of Police on January 29.
According to the Right to Information Act, when such a request is made, all relevant details must be provided within a period of 14 days.
The delay in providing information on the money spent by the government on the police officers who visited England has raised serious suspicions in many quarters.
Responding to an inquiry in this regard, a leader of a major political party stated that the requested information is not being provided as the amount spent on the London visit by the police is equivalent to the amount stated by the Criminal Investigation Department that was spent on the visit of the VIII Executive President to England.
The government has alleged Wickremesinghe spent Rs 16.2 mn for his 2023 September UK visit.
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