The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) directed its focus on the use of information technology by the Department of Import and Export Control and other government institutions that can contribute more towards government revenue. Attention on this regard was drawn at the Committee on Public Accounts which met under the chairmanship of Hon. Lasantha Alagiyawanna,.
Posted on December 9th, 2020
Courtesy Adaderana
Justice Minister Ali Sabry says that the Attorney General of Singapore has sought certain clarifications from the Attorney General’s Department of Sri Lanka with regard to the extradition request against former Central Bank governor Arjuna Mahendra.
He stated this in parliament today in response to a question pertaining to the present progress of the inquiry and the judicial proceedings pertaining to the Central Bank bond issue and the current status of the extradition request against Arjuna Mahendran, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
The minister said he followed the due process, wrote to the honorable Attorney General and sought a clarification as to the present status. The Attorney General had carefully prepared a document and submitted to me about the background, instructions to the CID and proceedings in the magistrate’s court.”