However the Magistrate decided to hold Dr Shafi in police custody (on the charge of suspicious accumulation of assets) until July 25. The CID’s B report to court last Thursday (11) provides stunning details about how the Director of the Kurunegala Teaching Hospital Dr A.M.S. While he was arrested on this charge, the police requested women who had complaints that Dr Shafi had performed illegal sterilizations on them to come forward. Deputy Director of the Hospital Dr Chandana Kendangamuwa and his wife who also works at the hospital, are both ardent allies of Director Weerabandara. Of the 615 police complaints recorded against Dr Shafi, only 11 warranted further investigation, the CID said.

Source: Sunday Observer July 13, 2019 20:03 UTC