Sri Lanka’s Justice Minister Wijeyasadasa Rajapakshe told Sir Lanka’s parliament that he had prevented former Defence Secretary Gotabaya from being arrested.
Speaking on the adjournment on a debate of an illegal floating armoury that was linked to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Justice Minister, said,
“I took up the position that he should not be arrested in this connection. I brought this to the notice of the President and the Prime Minister and both of them said we should do what is legal.”
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