INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pramodya Wickramasinghe, the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Selection Committee, arrived at the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) for
Preventing Sports Offences, a short while ago (27 Nov.).Wickramasinghe was summoned before the SIU on 17 November, after Sports Minster
November, Wickramasinghe issued a controversial statement, alleging that the adversities Sri Lankan cricket is facing at present were the
views on the plight of the sport in the country, Wickramasinghe said the suspension imposed on Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) by the International
Cricket Council (ICC) was also a consequence of this scheme.Behind this conspiracy, he said were certain individuals who were vying for
power in the cricket governing body, brokers involved in match-fixing, and the players who were trying hard to secure their spot in the
against the national cricket selection committee over the past two and a half years, as untrue and destructive.In August, the Minister of
Sports and Youth Affairs had appointed a Special Investigation Unit under the Prevention of Offences Relating to Sports Act, headed by
Assistant Superintendent of Police W.A
Jayanath Wanasinghe.It had been established for the practical execution of the legal provisions of the Act, and proceed in line with the
powers and functions assigned by the Prevention of Offences relating to Sports Act.
