Sri Lanka: CID interrogates four MPs about protester attacks

Four Members of Parliament (MPs), including two former ministers, have been questioned by Sri Lanka Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over last week’s violence against protestors at two demonstration sites in Colombo, the country’s main city, according to local media.

According to sources, a CID team arrived at the Parliament Complex on Wednesday to question and record the statements of Rohitha Abeygunawardena and CB Ratnayake, the two ex-ministers, with the Speaker’s consent.

Sahan Pradeep and Sanjeewa Edirimanne were also questioned and their remarks were recorded.

On Tuesday, a CID team questioned several parliamentarians in connection with the May 9 attacks on demonstrators at the ‘Main Go Gama’ and ‘Gota Go Gama’ protest sites in Temple Trees and Galle Face Green, respectively, in Colombo, by supporters of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his older brother, then-prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The mob onslaught on Galle Face Green resulted in the injuries of over 100 demonstrators.

This led Mahinda Rajapaksa to retire, despite being under pressure to do so owing to the island nation’s greatest economic crisis.

Furious agitators besieged Temple Trees, the official residence of Sri Lanka’s prime minister, later that day, prompting the military to intervene and transport Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family to safety.

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