Influence by Muslim minister to rescue foreigner who made an escape from Katunayaka by avoiding quarantine procedures

Influence by Muslim minister to rescue foreigner who made an escape from Katunayaka by avoiding quarantine procedures

Arrangements were underway to direct a foreigner to a quarantine centre at Katunayaka airport when he had on the sly beat a retreat leaving his passport and related travel documents in the process and in this connection it was found that a certain former Muslim minister has influenced the immigration and emigration officers yesterday (18) in this connection, it was reported. 

The aforementioned foreigner is an English national who arrived from America. The said former
minister is someone who represented Colombo district. Arrangements were underway to send him to a quarantine centre yesterday (18) at Katunayaka when in the process he has left his travel documents behind and has left the place on the sly. Subsequently the foreigner has spoken to the former minister and tried to retrieve his travel documents. After the former minister had spoken and the foreigner has approached the immigration and emigration counter ... the immigration and emigration officers have detained the foreigner. Though the former minister has spoken to rescue this foreigner, steps were taken to direct the foreigner to quarantine procedures. 

- Tissa Ravindra Perera -