Colombo Chief Magistrate issued notice on Former Minister Mervyn Silva to appear before court on November 11 to give evidence regarding “white van culture.”

Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya issued notice on former minister sequent to a Habeas Corpus petition filed by relatives of three missing people in October 2011.

The petitioners stated that the former Minister had made a complaint with the CID that he knew information about the “white vans” which were used to abduct civilians during the previous regime.