Substandard drug imports- CID records declaration from Finance Secretary

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has recorded statements from three officials of the Ministry of Finance including the Secretary
of the ministry, Mahinda Siriwardena regarding the controversial import of substandard human intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG).The
recorded at length from 7.00 a.m
to 5.00 p.m., from Secretary of the Finance Ministry Mahinda Siriwardena, Deputy Director of the Finance Ministry and the Deputy Director
officials of the division as well as the owner of the relevant company said to have imported the batch of substandard Immunoglobulin vials
by forging documents, were recently arrested and remanded over the incident.Meanwhile on Friday (24), the CID had submitted a report