Colombo Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne has today(17) issued an
arrest warrant to arrest former Sri Lankan Ambassador to United States Of America (USA) Jaliya Wikramsuriya who had gone to USA for medical treatment and not appear before the court as scheduled.
The former Sri Lankan Ambassador Wikramsuriya was arrested and
remanded over cheating US Dollars 130,000 belonging to Sri Lankan
government when purchasing a building to the Sri Lankan Embassy in USA
while he was the Ambassador was granted bail by the court to receive
medical treatment in abroad for two month period.
However
after completing two month stay in USA The former Ambassador has been
reported as arrested while attempting to flee to another country the
Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has informed the Court
today(17).
