Former Minister Manusha Nanayakkara’s lawyers have withdrawn the anticipatory bail application filed before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.
The anticipatory bail application was withdrawn after the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) informed the Court that their probe had not disclosed any material to justify the arrest of the Former Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment.
A legal team, including President’s Counsel Saliya Peiris, representing the former minister had filed a petition before the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court requesting to issue an anticipatory bail, which was taken up for consideration on 20 January.
Stating that there was no material to justify the arrest of the former minister, the CID informed the court that it did not intend to arrest him, while Manusha Nanayakkara had also recorded a statement for 06 hours with the CID yesterday.
When the petition on the anticipatory bail application was taken up for consideration today, the counsel appearing for the petitioner inquired about the developments in the investigations.
The lawyers requested to withdraw the bail application petition as the CID had informed the court that there was no investigation to arrest the former minister.
Manusha Nanayakkara took measures to file for anticipatory bail after the CID had launched a probe against the minister regarding providing job opportunities for Sri Lankans in South Korea via the E8 visa scheme.
The probe was launched based on a complaint filed by the incumbent Chairman of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment regarding Manusha Nanayakkara having signed an agreement to provide job opportunities via the E8 visa scheme. (Newswire)