Gotabaya files FR against FCID

 

12/May/2015

Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday (11) filed a Fundamental Rights (FR) application challenging the legality of establishing the Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID). Through the application, Gotabaya has also sought intervention of the Supreme Court to prevent his imminent arrest pending and/or on the conclusion of the several purported investigations by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Commission to Investigate Bribery and Corruptions and/or the Frauds and Corruption Investigations Division (FCID).