{"id":192135,"date":"2018-07-16T23:51:54","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T18:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=192135"},"modified":"2018-07-17T11:10:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-17T05:40:06","slug":"govt-negotiating-with-singapore-to-obtain-arjuna-mahendrans-extradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/govt-negotiating-with-singapore-to-obtain-arjuna-mahendrans-extradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt Negotiating With Singapore To Obtain Arjuna Mahendran&#8217;s Extradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A delegation led by Secretary to the Ministry of Justice W.M.M.R. Adhikari has been tasked to discuss with Singaporean counterparts the details of a Mutual Legal Assistance Programme to enable the two countries to gather and exchange information with the objective of enforcing public or criminal laws, Colombo Telegraph learns.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_163591\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arjuna.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163591\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-163591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arjuna-150x150.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arjuna-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arjuna-50x50.gif 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-163591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arjuna Mahendran<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Such an agreement would be a prerequisite to have the former Governor of the Central Bank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Arjuna+Mahendran\">Arjuna Mahendran<\/a>, a Singaporean citizen, extradited so he could be questioned over his role in the Central Bank <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=bond+scam\">bond scam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mahendran is reported to have taken refuge in his country of citizenship because as of now that country does not have agreements of cooperation in such instances. Mahendran\u2019s is the only case on which such a programme would have an impact.<\/p>\n<p>Adhikari\u2019s delegation includes Financial Crimes Investigation Division (FCID) Senior Superintendent K.D. Priyantha, and Attorney General\u2019s Department official Tusith Mudalige who liaises with the FCID, the Sunday Times reports.<\/p>\n<p>In April, Arjuna Mahendran who is evading arrest in Sri Lanka over his role in the controversial multi billion rupee Bond Scam, has been spotted in the busy area called \u2018Little India\u2019 in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":189935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Govt Negotiating With Singapore To Obtain Arjuna Mahendran&#039;s Extradition - 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