Former Sri Lankan Attorney General Dappula De Livera has been summoned to the Terrorist Investigations Division on Wednesday (19) morning to record a statement.
Earlier on Tuesday (18), Sri Lanka's Justice Minister Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said that the Attorney General was informed to record a statement from Former Attorney General Dappula De Livera over a statement he made over the Easter Sunday Terror Attacks days ahead of his retirement.
He said there was a certain degree of scepticism surrounding the investigations following a statement made by Former AG Dappula De Livera, where the latter said “There is a Grand Conspiracy with regard to the 2019 April Attacks.”
The Justice Minister said the Former Attorney General made the comment days ahead of his retirement, and noted that Dappula De Livera as the Attorney General at the time should have summoned the Police and ordered them to conduct further investigations if the level of inquiry was insufficient.
He also said that the Former Attorney General was empowered to go to the Magistrate's Court and make submissions claiming that certain personnel are connected to it, and secure the necessary orders from the Magistrate's Court.
The Justice Minister said the present Attorney General was informed to record a statement from the Former Attorney General to determine on what information did the latter make the comments, why he made such a statement.
In early May 2021, Former Attorney General Dappula De Livera said “There is a Grand Conspiracy with regard to the 2019 April Attacks.”
He noted that evidence and Intelligence material and relevant pieces of information must be carefully evaluated in order to reach a conclusion on the leadership with regard to the 2019 April 21st Attacks.
The Former Attorney General added that the information by the State Intelligence Service with times, targets, places, method of attacks and other information is clear evidence there was a Grand Conspiracy in place.
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