Sri Lanka prison chief kept in custody after fraud convict freed

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's prison chief was remanded in custody Tuesday (June 10) in connection with the illegal release of a convicted financial fraudster under the guise of an amnesty for minor offenders.

Commissioner-General of Prisons Thushara Upuldeniya (pic) was arrested late Monday by the Criminal Investigations Department, over the release of fraud convict Athula Thilakaratne.