Lakbima paper of 8th March 2000 Mr. Ponnambalam had been killed by persons in the underworld with the knowledge of a powerful politician. It is said that notorious leading criminals in the underworld namely Army Ranjith and Moratuwa Saman alias Kulasinghe were suspects in this regard. It was also stated in that paper that Moratuwa Saman and army Ranjith were staying safely at a house in the Kandy area belonging to the son of a powerful politician. The son of the politician had come to know Moratuwa Saman through a police constable by the name of Ranasinghe. It is further said in the paper that the son of the politician with the knowledge of his father had given the contract of killing Ponnambalam to Moratuwa Saman through thepolice constable Ranasinghe. This information was available to Mr. Wickremasinghe who was the Director of CDB, who was in charge of the investigation and Mr. Wethasinghe who was in charge of the CDB at Colombo 7 and no sooner I was informed about what appeared in the Lakbima paper of 8th March 2000 I went to the office of the CDB and told Mr. Wethasinghe the OIC about what appeared in the paper. I also told him that Moratuwa Saman at that time was in the custody of Mt. Lavinia police station.

I don’t think any action was taken by the CDB. CID carried out the investigation into the killing of Kumar Ponnambalam. The investigation was handed over to Mr. Show Wickremesinghe by the President. I think this was