Sri Lanka, Dec. 6 -- The Immigration and Emigration Controller in a letter addressed to the Secretary of Ministry of Defence has informed that MP Diana Gamage has been found to be a citizen of UK and therefore a Sri Lankan passport cannot be issued to her.

The letter tabled in Parliament by MP Mujibur Rahman said Ms. Gamage has been a citizen of UK since 2004. She has been holding a UK passport no 521398876.

"However she has managed to get a Sri Lankan passport N 5091388 on January 24 2014. She has also obtained a diplomatic passport on November 5 2018. It is not possible to issue a fresh diplomatic passport since she had not produced a document to prove that she has given up her UK citizenship," the controller said in his letter.

The co...