The mother of retired Major General Suresh Sallay, the former Director of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), has appealed to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake not to further extend her son’s detention.
Mother Appeals to President Not to Extend Detention of Former State Intelligence Chief Suresh Sallay
In a letter sent to the Presidential Secretariat on Sunday (23), she said her son had served in the Sri Lanka Army for 37 years, dedicating his youth and many valuable years that could have been spent with his family to serving the country.
She said that, as an elderly mother, it was deeply painful for her to see her son being held under a detention order.
However, she stressed that she was not asking for any investigation to be halted. If there are allegations against her son, she said they should be investigated and the truth established based on evidence.
She appealed to the President, as a mother, not to extend her son’s detention while the investigations are ongoing.
“Investigations should be based on evidence, and detention should not be a substitute for evidence,” she emphasized in the letter.
Sallay’s mother also requested an opportunity to meet President Dissanayake personally, stating that she was not seeking any special privilege, but only justice, humanity and a fair opportunity for her son.
In her final appeal, she asked the President to allow her son to face the law freely and defend himself through due legal process.
