THE issue of whether the Attorney- General’s Chambers should be leading evidence at the Committee of Inquiry (COI) into the Dec 8 riot in Little India, was raised again in court, by committee chairman G. Pannir Selvam. This, after Selvam asked activist Vincent Wijeysingha if he still held the view that the State Counsels should not be leading evidence at the public hearing.
Dr Wijeysingha, who was testifying at the inquiry, had written to the committee earlier to argue that there was a conflict of interest with the A-G’s Chambers leading the evidence during the proceedings in court as it represents the Government.