Sri Lanka to sack imprisoned police chief

Sri Lanka's ruling party said on Tuesday it would sack the island nation’s police chief, who is in custody awaiting trial over a botched drug raid that resulted in an officer's death.

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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s ruling coalition submitted a resolution to that effect in parliament, beginning a lengthy legal process to dismiss Inspector-General Deshabandu Tennakoon.

“We hope the speaker will act promptly on the resolution,” lawmaker and deputy labour minister Mahinda Jayasinghe told reporters outside the legislature.

“We want him removed on four counts - corruption, misconduct, abuse of power, and gross partiality in office.”