Udayanga roams free, Govt., Sagala in the dark!
By Skandha Gunasekara
The country’s authorities were in the dark regarding the planned arrest of wanted former diplomat, Udayaga Weeratunga, despite two separate teams of officials travelling to the country for his extradition.
A highly-placed police source said that Interpol had only issued a Blue Notice – which is used to collect additional information about a person’s identity, location or activities in relation to a crime- and that if he had been released, the actions to be taken by the Sri Lankan Government were limited.
“If the suspect has been released from custody, at this point there is not much we can do since only a Blue Notice had been issued against him,” sources said.
An Interpol Red Notice alerts authorities to “seek the location and arrest of wanted persons with...