Sri Lanka, June 16 -- The recent trip made by five member Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to London to investigate the trip made by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe to attend his wife's convocation at the University of Wolverhampton cannot be justified as the probe would have been conducted from Sri Lanka itself using modern formal processes, a statement from the United National Party (UNP) said yesterday.

"Evidence should have been collected using Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA), which has been accepted as a formal process where countries cooperate to investigate and prosecute crimes. Authorities use MLA when evidence, witnesses, or suspects are located abroad, allowing them to legally request foreign governments to execute ...