Sri Lanka, Aug. 17 -- Former Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara has been summoned to appear before the Illegal Assets Investigation Division of the Financial Crimes Investigation Department on August 20 to give a statement.

According to a senior police officer, the investigation was initiated under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act No. 5 of 2006, as amended by Act No. 40 of 2011, to investigate how the former minister acquired his assets.

The complaint was lodged by the President of the "Citizens' Power Against Bribery, Corruption, and Waste" organisation, who requested an investigation into whether Nanayakkara illegally acquired property or assets during his tenure as a minister.

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