'I did not resign' - Public Security Secretary

COLOMBO (News 1st); 

 Maj. Gen. (Retd) Jagath Alwis says he has not resigned from the post of Secretary of Public Security, though there is a tradition of changing secretaries when a new Cabinet Minister is appointed.

Earlier, it was reported that  Retired Maj. Gen. Jagath Alwis has resigned as Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, after providing a statement to the Criminal Investigations Department on the events that broke out at the MynaGoGama and GotaGoGama protest sites in Colombo.