Former Minister Manusha Nanayakkara has informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court that he is prepared to provide a statement to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) regarding providing job opportunities for Sri Lankans in South Korea via the E8 visa scheme.
Via his lawyers, Manusha Nanayakkara informed the court that he will provide the statement to the CID tomorrow (Jan 21).
The CID reportedly informed the Colombo Magistrate’s Court that investigations have not disclosed any material to justify former minister Manusha Nanayakkara’s arrest, his lawyers told reporters.
The court was informed in this regard when a petition filed by former minister Manusha Nanayakkara seeking anticipatory bail was taken up for hearing today (Jan 20).
Meanwhile, Manusha Nanayakkara has also filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) petition at the Supreme Court stating that there were attempts to arrest him related to providing job opportunities for Sri Lankans in South Korea via the E8 visa scheme.
According to the former minister’s lawyer, the FR petition has been filed stating that the incumbent Chairman of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment has filed a complaint regarding Manusha Nanayakkara’s signing of an agreement to provide job opportunities for Sri Lankans in South Korea via the E8 visa scheme.
Based on investigations conducted by the CID, there was information that the CID was attempting to apprehend him over the matter, which was a violation of his fundamental rights, the former minister further claimed.
As such, former minister Manusha Nanayakkara had requested the court to issue an interim order preventing his arrest by the CID. (Newswire)