Court hold-ups decision on petition against remand of Medical Supplies Division s Director

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Court of Appeal postponed delivering the verdict on the interim requests in the writ petition filed against the remand of the Director
Kapila Wickramanayake, until April 26.The relevant verdict was scheduled to be delivered by the Appeals Court judge D.N
Samarakoon today (09).However, the judge ordered the verdict to be issued on April 26, when the case was taken up this morning.Dr
Wickramanayake, who currently remains under remand custody over the alleged substandard immunoglobulin imports case, had filed the relevant
Kapila Wickramanayaka and three other officials arrested over the controversial Immunoglobulin import were ordered to be remanded in custody
Director of the Medical Supplies Division of the Ministry of Health Dr
Wickremenayake Assistant Director Devashantha Soloman, Accountant (Supplies) Neran Dhananjaya and the Stock Controller of the Medical
Supplies Division Sujith Kumara.Meanwhile, the individuals who currently remain under remand custody over the alleged drug scandal also
include former Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, former Health Ministry Secretary Janaka Chandragupta, Additional Secretary of the
Health Ministry Dr
Saman Ratnayake.