Witch-Hunt Against CID Sleuths: Lasantha’s Daughter Seeks Intervention Of Witness Protection Authority
The daughter of slain Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge has urgently appealed to the National Authority for the Protection of Victims and Witnesses of Crimes in Sri Lanka to inquire into attempts to pervert the course of justice in investigations involving former CID Director Abeysekara and Sub-Inspector Mendis by officers of the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD).
In a letter to the Director of the Victims of Crime and Witnesses Assistance and Protection Division, set up under the guidance of the National Authority, 28-year-old Ahimsa Wickrematunge said the case against Sub Inspector Mendis who was previously attached to the CID was made up of belated, mutually inconsistent, self-contradictory statements about a murder investigation he conducted six years ago.