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Attorney at Law and the convener of the People’s Lawyer Association was summoned to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on 06th June 2022. Lawyer Senaka Perera stated that he was unaware about the reason he was summoned until he went to the CID premises. He had been interrogated for over two and half hours on the allegation whether he had encouraged protestors at a protest held in front of Fort high Court premises on 25th May 2022, to gather and engage in ‘illegal activities’ based on a voice recording CID had received. Speaking to the media, Senaka Perera stated that the voice in the voice recording was not his, also declined any connection to him. He further stated that the CID even failed to provide information on who had made the complaint though they have said the complaint was referred to by the Inspector General of Polic