Speaker asks CID to probe fake letter

Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said today he had asked the CID to carry out an investigation on the fake letters that have been put out with his signature.

He said this in response to a question raised by UNP MP S.M. Marikar.

“We have asked the CID to carry out an investigation on fake letters in order to determine as to who was behind them,” the Speaker said.

UNP MP Ravi Karunanayake then asked Speaker as whom he suspects might be behind the move.

Speaker said he cannot arrive at any conclusions till the investigations were completed However he said it has been confirmed that no one in Parliament was behind it. (Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana)