Sri Lanka, Dec. 17 -- Swiss Embassy employee Garliar Barister Francis who was allegedly threatened and kidnapped by a group of unidentified men was ordered to be remanded till December 30 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayarathne yesterday. Senior State Counsel Janaka Bandara with Senior State Counsel Lakmini Girihagama appearing on behalf of the Attorney General's Department informed the court that the Attorney General had instructed the Criminal Investigations Department to arrest Garliar Barister Francis for fabricating false statements before the CID.

When the matter was taken up before the court, Senior State Counsel Janaka Bandara stated that the CID had revealed two narrations of her abduction story. Senior State Counsel Janaka...