Acting Magistrate of Colombo Fort, Kingsley Hettiarachchi, has ordered that the case filed against former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and former Secretary to the President Saman Ekanayake accusing them of misappropriating public funds be taken up again on December 9.
When the two suspects appeared before the court, Senior State Counsel Samadari Piyasena informed the court that the Attorney General has not yet reached a final decision regarding the next steps to be taken in this matter.
Consequently, she requested the court to reschedule the case for another date.
In response, the Acting Magistrate ordered that the case be taken up again on December 9, further directing that the Attorney General’s instructions be reported to the court by that date.
President’s Counsel Anuja Premaratne appeared on behalf of former President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Saman Ekanayake.