Sri Lanka, Oct. 18 -- The Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court has granted permission to State Minister of Education Vijayakala Maheshwaran to make a statement in open Court.

Subsequent to considering a request she made through her lawyer to the Court, Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne granted that permission, our Hiru Court Reporter said.

Accordingly, she is scheduled to make this statement in Court on 01 November.

This statement is due to be made in connection with an investigation carried out in relation to a complaint received by the Colombo Organized Crime Prevention Division regarding a statement made by State Minister Vijayakala Maheshwaran at a function held in Jaffna in the year 2014 stating that the LTTE organization shoul...