The National Hospital, which had kept Salley's matter under wraps, told the court that 'Salley is now in the general ward'.

It was revealed in court today (22) that Mr. Suresh Salley, the former director of the State Intelligence Service, who was arrested on charges of conspiring to carry out the Easter Sunday terrorist attack, has now been transferred to Ward 42 of the Colombo National Hospital. When the case was taken up before Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasekara, Deputy Director Dr. Sampath Indika Kumara, appearing on behalf of the hospital director, informed the court of this matter.

Although the court had previously ordered the submission of a medical report on Mr. Suresh Salley's current health condition and whether he still required inpatient treatment, a notice was issued to the Director of the National Hospital to appear in court today due to the non-submission of the report. Accordingly, the hospital authorities who appeared before the court clarified that arrangements have been made to discharge Mr. Salley from the hospital as soon as the intravenous (IV line) drug administration treatment, given through injections, is completed and he transitions to oral medication.

As the director is a government official, Additional Solicitor General Dilipa Peiris, also appearing on his behalf, presented a special medical report prepared by a panel of nine doctors to the Magistrate. The Additional Solicitor General stated that his stance that Mr. Salley's hospitalization for over 100 days has a conspiratorial nature remains unchanged, and pointed out that a device worth approximately Rs. 40 lakhs related to heart swelling has been implanted in him, and he is currently receiving dental treatment. He further stated that Mr. Salley, who had been in the Intensive Care Unit of the cardiac treatment section until now, was transferred to a general ward yesterday under the protection of the Criminal Investigation Department after the matter was raised in court, and it is expected that a decision will be made by a medical committee by Monday, September 28.

The Magistrate inquired about how ordinary patients with such conditions are treated, and the hospital director stated that he had instructed that the same treatment methods given to ordinary patients be provided. Meanwhile, Mr. Dilipa Peiris stated that there is no intention to torture or deny treatment to Mr. Salley, and that he is still evading the investigations of the Criminal Investigation Department by not providing the passwords for his laptop and mobile phone.

Responding to this, President's Counsel Shavendra Perera, appearing for Mr. Suresh Salley, stated that it is not unusual for Mr. Salley, as an intelligence officer, to change passwords daily, and therefore not remembering passwords from a week ago is not an abnormal situation. However, the Additional Solicitor General reiterated that Mr. Salley has continuously avoided providing passwords since the moment of his arrest, claiming the laptop belongs to his daughter when asked for the passwords. After considering the facts presented, the Magistrate ordered the case to be recalled on October 21.