WM MENDIS & CO’S LAWYERS LEVEL SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CID AND AG’S DEPT.

ASG Kodagoda to respond on allegations at next hearing

During yesterday’s Magisterial inquiry conducted into the controversial bond scam, serious allegations had been levelled against the Attorney General’s Department and the Criminal Investigation Department by the defence counsel, over the alleged recording of statements from three individuals of W.M. Mendis

& Company by force.

Alleged recording of statements from W.M. Mendis & Company by force Three were asked to give false statements to the CID by their lawyer

In these recorded statements the three individuals had stated that they were asked to give false statements to the CID by their lawyer.

The allegation against two senior officers of the AG’S Department was that they had summoned this particular lawyer and asked to provide some documents of WM Mendis & Company to prevent taking action against him, based on those statements in which he was accused of instructing his client to give false evidence to the CID.

At the onset of the inquiry, it was explained in court about several incidents alleged to have taken place during the last few weeks. According to the defence counsel, there were three employees of WM Mendis & Company who had initially given statements to the CID.

These three employees had been called again to the CID to record further statements during last August.

In these statements, in a confessional manner, the employees had said that they were instructed to give false statements to the CID by their lawyer (Mr. Chandana Perera). They had summoned this particular lawyer and asked to provide some documents of WM Mendis & Company to prevent taking action against him