Comm. Gen. Premalal says he had no reason to distrust MP Weerawansa

The former Commissioner General of the Department of Registration of Persons, Jagath Premalal Wijeweera, testifying before Colombo Chief Magistrate Lal Ranasinghe Bandara, yesterday stated that he issued Sashi Weerawansa, MP Wimal Weerawansa’s wife with a national identity card on the belief that the MP and his wife had supplied him with accurate information.

Wijeweera informed the Chief Magistrate that he had no reason to distrust Weerawansa who was holding a high office and his wife.

Sashi Weerawansa who has been accused of having a fraudulent diplomatic passport, had the case lodged against her taken up for hearing at the Colombo Magistrate’s Court.

He further stated that he believed that as a wife of a person holding high office, she would have provided him with accurate information and that he had done it on the request of Weerawansa, with good intention.