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Alleged arms deal:
Judge allows CID application to record Director's statement
Sarath Malalasekera
Colombo Fort Magistrate and Additional District Judge Lanka Jayaratne
yesterday allowed an application by the Criminal Investigation
Department (CID) to record a second statement from Hicorp (Pvt) Limited
Director Wellington Dehoedt, who had been remanded in connection with an
alleged arms deal.
The CID said investigations into the alleged arms deal had not been
completed.
Chief Inspector Mohan Siriwardena said the director had forwarded
several forged documents to Army authorities to obtain the contract to
his company. The CID will submit a comprehensive report in connection
with investigations to court on the next date.
Senior Defence Counsel Asoka Weerasooriya with A.S.M. Bisma, Jayantha
Nanayakkara and Shiraz Noordeen instructed by Rohith Rajapaksa appeared
for the director.
The case will be called again on March 3.
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