Case filed in Singapore over X-Press Pearl incident
A case has been filed in Singapore over the X-Press Pearl incident, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
The Attorney General (AG) filed the claim in the High Court of Singapore over the X-Press Pearl incident involving six defendants.
A case conference hearing took place on 15th May and the next hearing is scheduled for June, PMD said.
The AG’s department is considering transferring the case to the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) based on SICC’s rules and litigation is being managed by a Singaporean law firm approved by the Cabinet to represent the Sri Lankan Government.
