Public Security Minister orders IGP to probe why CID went to question journalists

Public Security Minister Sarath Weerasekera has instructed the IGP to conduct an immediate investigation into the failure of the CID officers to act on the directive not to question journalists, including newspaper editors.

The Minister also instructed the IGP to hand over the ongoing investigations into the garlic scam to the CID from the Peliyagoda Special Crime Investigation Unit.

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the relevant officials not to summon the journalists who disclosed the garlic scam to the CID.

Cabinet Spokesman Dullas Alahapperuma said earlier that Minister Sarath Weerasekara also assured that the journalists would not be summoned to the CID nor would the CID visit the media institutions to inquire about the incident.

However, a group of CID officers on Wednesday had visited the Lankadeepa editorial to record statements from journalists and the editor over the incident.