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Progress of the investigations into X-press Pearl to be presented in Court.
July 15, 2021
The Attorney-General today assured Colombo High Court that the progress of the investigations into the fire-ravaged container ship, X-Press Perl vessel would be presented to the court on August 6.
Deputy Solicitor General Madhawa Tennakoon appearing for the CID, made these remarks when the High Court inquiry into the X-Press Perl vessel came up before High Court Judge Damith Thotawatte.
President's Counsel Anura Meddegoda appearing for the directors of the Sea Consortium Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, the Local Agent of X-Press Perl vessel, told the court that his clients have already handed over electronic equipment that includes laptop computers to the CID for investigations.
Five suspects including the Captain of the fire-ravaged container ship MV X-Press Perl and four other directors of the Local Agent of X-Press Perl vessel were present in court.
They are currently out on bail.
The High Court fixed the case for August 6 to evaluate the progress of the investigations into the incident.
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