Analyst’s delays crowd prisons
There is a backlog of 400,000 cases in Courts islandwide and of them
17,000 are due to the delay in analyst’s reports, Justice Minister
Athauda Seneviratne said.
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Minister
Athauda Seneviratne |
He was addressing employees at the Government Analyst’s Department
while on an inspection tour together with Deputy Minister Reginald
Cooray.
Due to this delay even persons charged with minor offences continue
to be in jail for long periods, he said. There are persons in prison for
over five years because of the delay in Analyst’s reports, he observed.
The Minister promised to upgrade facilities at the department and
requested better commitment from the employees.
He instructed officials to finalize all test reports relating to
drugs by the end of January 2011. Justice Ministry Secretary Suhada
Gamlath and Government Analyst T.R.N.M. Liyanarachchi also participated.
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