Sri Lanka, Sept. 1 -- UPDATE: The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has informed former President's Secretary Saman Ekanayake that it is not necessary for him to appear before the CID today, according to the former President Ranil Wickremesinghe's Media Division.

Earlier, it was reported that he had been instructed to appear before CID at 9:00 a.m. today (01).

The summons has been issued in connection with the ongoing investigation into a visit to the United Kingdom undertaken by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Saman Ekanayake was questioned previously over the same incident.

Meanwhile, the former Media Director General to the President, Dhanushka Ramanayake, said that former President Ranil Wickremesinghe attended the gr...