Sri Lanka, June 15 -- The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has denied a request to grant daily legal access to the former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), Major General (Rtd.) Suresh Sallay. Sallay is currently being detained under a detention order and is receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital after launching a hunger strike while in CID custody.

The decision was communicated in writing to the suspect's wife, Manori Sallay, by CID Director Shani Abeysekera. The response came after Mrs. Sallay formally requested the department to permit her husband's legal counsel, Asith Siriwardena, to visit him five days a week during his hospitalization.

In the official letter, the CID Director explained that be...