Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe interdicted

24 Sep, 2019

The Public Service Commission (PSC) has interdicted Solicitor General Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe with immediate effect.

The decision had been conveyed to the Attorney General, the Attorney General’s office said.

Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe has been interdicted over a leaked telephone conversation.

In a leaked telephone conversation between her and?Avant-Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi, Wickremasinghe is heard expressing regret over the action taken on Avant-Garde.

She said that had she known several people will lose their jobs she would not have taken legal action.

The former Director General of the Bribery Commission is also heard saying ?I know how to break the law and make the law?.

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