Statement from President’s office
The Attorney General has filed a claim in the High Court of Singapore over the X-Press Pearl Incident involving six defendants.
A case conference hearing took place on May 15 & the next is scheduled for June.
The AG’s Dept is considering transferring the case to the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) based on SICC’s rules & litigation is being managed by a Singaporean law firm approved by the Cabinet to represent the Sri Lankan Government