An Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Justice and National Integration has been appointed to oversee the work of the Prisons Department. The Additional Secretary is Nishan Dhanasinghe.
The Cabinet has decided to interdict the Commissioner General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya in order to impartially conduct investigations into the release of a defendant convicted and sentenced to prison by the Anuradhapura High Court for a financial fraud under a presidential amnesty.
This was following a Cabinet meeting chaired by the President this afternoon (09).