Maithripala ordered to produce Singapore medical reports
(Photo Source: Maithripala Sirisena’s Official Facebook Page)
Former President Maithripala Sirisena was ordered by the Presidential Commission to Inquiry (PCoI) probing the Easter Sunday attacks to produce his medical reports when he visited Singapore for treatment during the time of the Easter Sunday terror attacks,last Friday (23).
It was revealed before the Commission that the former President who was receiving treatment at a Singapore hospital had made a telephone call to the then Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Nilantha Jayawardena, 46 minutes prior to the before Easter Sunday terror attacks on April 21, 2019.
The former President said he had contacted Nilantha Jayawardena after the attack, adding that there was a two-and-a-half hour difference between Sri Lankan time and Singapore time.
“I was in hospital, I can produce the medical reports if needed. I was brought to the hotel from the hospital. While I was on the severity of the incident, I gave advice over the phone” he added.
Shamil Perera PC asked former President Maithripala Sirisena that when the first attack on Easter Sunday took place at 8.45 am and 23 minutes prior to the second attack at 8.58 am, whether SIS former Director Jayawardena had made a telephone call and you had made another 184 second call to Jayawardena at 9.13 am.
Responding to the query Sirisena said when the incident was reported to him,he answered the calls and gave the necessary advice, even though he was ill.
The President’s Counsel again told former President Sirisena that according to the telephone records, there are 221 telephone calls between Jayawardena and your house on Paget Road from January 1 to April 31, 2019 and of them, 82 telephone conversations were recorded between you and Jayawardena in the month of April. “According to reports, I do not remember receiving so many calls. I don’t know if Nilantha made calls to my official residence. But I did not have time to answer so many calls,” Sirisena responded.
Sirisena also told the Commission that Jayawardena had not informed him of the incident over the phone prior to the attacks.
Testifying further, the former President said that terrorist attacks were due to a breach of joint responsibilities across several sectors. The information had been spread that there was a possibility of an attack and that a large number of people were aware of the attack and the necessary action could have been taken, he added. “Zaharan was initially known as an extremist. Zaharan should have been arrested, at the end of 2018 or in early 2019 by the Security Council. I ask why Zaharan was not arrested.” In 2017, an arrest warrant was issued on Zaharan. The Police should have arrested him, I had issued orders on several occasions for his arrest,” he said.
Former President Maithripala Sirisena was ordered to appear before the Commission again on October 29 for further testimony.
(Source: Daily News – By Subhashini Senanayake and Dilshan Tharaka)
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When he put his stupid face like that I feel like giving a good punch and break his jaw.
Oh no, someone is in trouble.
It is funny. All the politicians go to Singapore for their medical treatments. Don’t they trust the doctors here.
Hey Ranjith,
Many go to Singapore to get their STD treated.
In a SL hospital, the patient will be asked to name the likely source of the STD and they do contact tracing!
That could be embarrassing.
Can he produce this? I hope not. But there is a plausibility to get details from the hospital in Singapur if it is not confidential and against medical ethics! Did he really received treatments? Was he hospitalised? Is that treatment not available in SL? Was he absconding from the events that took place in SL? This guy is a slippery eel.
Amarakoon,
You have hit the nail on the head. God will bless you.
This guy went to India to worship Hindu Gods and then to Singapore to shop for his sons wedding.
Hope he picked up some sexy underwear for his own use as well.
He also dined in Singapore with a successful Sri Lankan gem merchant while in Singapore.
All this was reported by a leading SL Weekly at the time of the Easter incident.
His report that he was in a Singapore Hospital when the attack took place is a typically Sri Lankan fib.
We, Sri Lankans, are good at touting false illness to cover our lapses.
Maybe he went to a Hospital in Singapore to get his STD treated.
He may falsify records from a previous visit to a Singapore Hospital to prove his claim.
This guy should be domiciled to the Andaman Islands or even to Kachchativu.
He is a National Pest.
Indian security gave the information about this attack with pin point accuracy to the time and places. This abudaya and that senile bantered Ranil deliberately ignore it. Both are National Pests. Shoot them