In his May 29 testimony to parliament, intelligence boss Sisira Mendis said security council meetings were irregular, making it difficult to properly protect the island nation. Mendis said that when he brought up the warnings during a meeting on April 9, director of the State Intelligence Service Nilantha Jayawardena, the direct link to the president, told him Sirisena had already been briefed. We have sacked Sisira Mendis also," Sirisena said late on Friday evening. A spokesman for Sirisena did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Saturday. One minister told Reuters Sirisena had also threatened to end the probe on Friday.

Source: bd News24 June 08, 2019 19:30 UTC