Cabinet approval sought for scrapping FCID

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The government has withheld approval for a Cabinet paper seeking to abolish the Police Financial Crime Investigation Division (FCID) till the Supreme Court rules on its legality, a Minister said yesterday.

The FCID was formed by the previous 'Yahapalana' government to probe large scale financial frauds of the governments prior to 2015. A Cabinet paper was submitted last Thursday seeking for approval to scrap the FCID.

However, some ministers took the view that the legality of the FCID was challenged in the Supreme Court at that time and they should wait for some time as a result.

Therefore, the Ministers deferred the approval till the Supreme Court rules on it. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa also moved court against the FCID at that time.

However, some ministers opined at last week’s Cabinet meeting that financial crimes should be investigated through a professional body other than the present FCID. They said that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa should form such a professional mechanism. (Kelum Bandara)

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Sokrates Monday, 06 January 2020 10:12 AM

This means that there is no longer any police unit that puts an end to the financial crimes of the big crooks like Gota, MR and their henchmen. But even if this unit would continue to exist, it would be pointless, since everything goes according to Gota's rules anyway.

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Sajith Monday, 06 January 2020 09:12 PM

LOL. For 5 years this crap couldn't find anything on them. We also know who was to be "investigated" and "arrested" was decided in Temple Trees. This was a political outfit designed to harass and intimidate the opposition. This is how the UNP practised "democracy".

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George Harry Monday, 06 January 2020 11:26 PM

When President Maithripala Sirisena was serving the leader of SRI LANKA, he pointed out that he had no knowledge about the creation of the FCID, its purposes as well the unit formed by whom?

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TripleX Tuesday, 07 January 2020 12:01 AM

Well done, 6.9 !!!

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