{"id":96225,"date":"2019-12-10T22:59:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T04:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=96225"},"modified":"2019-12-10T15:43:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T22:43:01","slug":"swiss-embassy-staffer-leaves-the-cid-after-giving-statements-twice-today-a-revelation-of-her-close-contacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/12\/10\/swiss-embassy-staffer-leaves-the-cid-after-giving-statements-twice-today-a-revelation-of-her-close-contacts\/","title":{"rendered":"SWISS EMBASSY STAFFER LEAVES THE CID AFTER GIVING STATEMENTS TWICE TODAY; A REVELATION OF HER CLOSE CONTACTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Hiru News<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p> The allegedly abducted locally recruited Swiss Embassy staffer Garnia Banister Francis was escorted to the CID again after she was produced for a medical examination today.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> She was produced before the Colombo Judicial Medical Office after the CID recorded a statement for four hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hirunews.lk\/Data\/News_Images\/201912\/1575983411_5900721_hirunews_Ganiya-Left-Out.jpg\" alt=\"SWISS+EMBASSY+STAFFER+LEAVES+THE+CID+AFTER+GIVING+STATEMENTS+TWICE+TODAY%3B+A+REVELATION+OF+HER+CLOSE+CONTACTS\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Her statements were recorded today for the third day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nLater, the embassy staffer left the CID after recording fresh statements this evening.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Meanwhile, a close associate of the Embassy staffer, who introduced himself as Manjula Perera invited the media to a house on Barnes Place yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Several media crews including our news team waited at that particular house for the whole of yesterday but neither Manjula Perera nor the embassy staffer turned up to make a statement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Meanwhile, our news team learnt that the true owner of the particular house on Barnes Place is domiciled in Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> She informed our news team; she bought the house from the wife of Manjula Perera in February last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> At the same time, it is reported that Manjula Perera who lied to the media is believed to be a close associate of the Embassy staffer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> However, it is not confirmed yet whether he is the husband of the Embassy staffer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nIn the meantime, UNP former electoral organizer of Kelaniya Bevan Perera verified that Manjula Perera is his son.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hiru News The allegedly abducted locally recruited Swiss Embassy staffer Garnia Banister Francis was escorted to the CID again after she was produced for a medical examination today. She was produced before the Colombo Judicial Medical Office after the CID recorded a statement for four hours. Her statements were recorded today for the third day. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}