COLOMBO, July 22 -- Sri Lanka's Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Deshabandu Tennakoon, is set to be removed from office following a unanimous finding of guilt by a parliamentary investigative committee. The announcement was made in Parliament on Tuesday (22) by Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne, who confirmed that Tennakoon is the first police chief in the country's history to face impeachment.

The three-member committee, appointed under the Removal of Officers (Procedure) Act No. 5 of 2002, found Tennakoon guilty of all charges brought against him at an impeachment hearing and recommended his removal. The charges include criminal misconduct and gross abuse of the power of his office. The Speaker said the findings would be placed on the Par...