Deputy Minister of Economic Development – Prof.Anil Jayantha Fernando yesterday (Jan. 22) admitted in Parliament that 323 containers with red tags have been released through the green channel by the Sri Lanka Customs.
In response to a question raised, the Deputy Minister said that an investigation will be launched into the incident.
He said there have been occasions where red-tagged containers have been released after being scanned and during some occasions, containers had been released through the green channel even without being scanned.
“We never know whether there have been investigations into those incidents,” he said.
(Excerpts : dailynews.lk)
