Colombo Fort Magistrate has today (30) rejected the request made by the Police to issue an arrest warrent to former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia Udayanga Weerathunge by stating he is still not been named as a suspect of the controversial Mig-27 fighter jet deal in 2006.
Earlier Police had requested the Magistrate to issue an arrrest warrent to former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia with the assistance of INTERPOL as a statement need from him regarding the controversial US Dollars 10 million deal to purchase four MIG-27 Fighter Jets .
The Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jatyaratne has instructed the Police to carried out firther inbestigations on the incident.
Earlier Police had requested the Magistrate to issue an arrrest warrent to former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia with the assistance of INTERPOL as a statement need from him regarding the controversial US Dollars 10 million deal to purchase four MIG-27 Fighter Jets .
The Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jatyaratne has instructed the Police to carried out firther inbestigations on the incident.