The Colombo Additional Magistrate’s Court has called for a Government Analyst’s report regarding the quality of whitening creams produced and distributed by a company run by Sri Lankan model Piumi Hansamali, it was reported.
According to media reports, the order was issued by Colombo Additional Magistrate Nuwan Kaushalya yesterday (15) to the Department of Criminal Investigation’s Illegal Assets and Intellectual Property Investigations Division.
The Government Analyst’s report has been called for to verify whether the creams distributed by Hansamali’s company are safe for human use.
It is reported that the Illegal Assets and Intellectual Property Investigations Division had made a request to the court in this regard.
Furthermore, the department has also launched investigations into allegations that Piumi Hansamali has purchased assets beyond her declared income.
These include a Range Rover worth Rs 80 million used by a former President, a house in Colombo 7 valued at Rs 148 million, and 19 bank accounts owned by Hansamali.
Inquiries into Hansamali’s assets have been launched based on a complaint submitted by civil society activist Sanjaya. (Newswire)