Former Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake has been further remanded until the 18th.This order was issued when the case was taken up before the Colombo Magistrate's Court.Saman Ekanayake has been named as the second suspect in the case filed under the Public Property Act against former President Ranil Wickremesinghe.Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris informed the court that the CID has been instructed to investigate whether former President Ranil Wickremesinghe's wife, Prof. Maithree Wickramasinghe, and his private secretary Sandra Perera had misappropriated state funds during the controversial foreign visit.
Former Presidential Secretary Saman Ekanayake has been further remanded until the 18th. Saman Ekanayake has been named as the second suspect in the case filed under the Public Property Act against former President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Additional Solicitor General Dileepa Peiris informed the court that the CID has been instructed to investigate whether former President Ranil Wickremesinghe's wife, Prof.
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People- Ranil Wickremesinghe2
- Saman Ekanayake2
- Maithree Wickramasinghe
- Maithree Wickremesinghe
- Dileepa Peiris
- Sandra Perera
- Ranil
Organisations- Criminal Investigation Department2
- Saman Ekanayake Further Remanded
- Colombo Magistrate's Court
- Colombo Fort Magistrate
- Court
Places- United Kingdom
- United States
- Colombo Fort
- London
Keywords- misappropriated
- presidential
- appearing
- until
- visit
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