The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is to record a statement from former President MP Mahinda Rajapaksa on the abduction and assault on the Associate Editor of The Nation, Keith Noyahr in May 2008.
A senior police officer has told an English daily newspaper that investigators had decided to clarify some issues with the former President following a statement recorded from Speaker Karu Jayasuriya.
Jayasuriya is reported to have told the CID that he had saved Noyahr’s life by promptly getting in touch with the then President immediately after hearing the alleged abduction.
Police have sought a date from the former President to record his statement.
Among those whose statements were recorded in connection with Noyahr abduction included former Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, retired Army Commander General Sarath Fonseka and Chief of National Intelligence Major General Kapila Hendawitharana.
