At a press conference held in the office of the MP, he pointed out that the penalizing rate in India is around 75% and in Europe it is around 95%.
Sri Lanka's opposition United National Party (UNP) Gampaha district legislator Karu Jayasuriya highlighted yesterday that mere four percent of the accused of the criminal cases are convicted in Sri Lanka.
The MP urged the government to study the situation and take remedial measures.
At a press conference held in the office of the MP, he pointed out that the penalizing rate in India is around 75% and in Europe it is around 95%.
The MP also said that while such a low penalizing rate prevails, 500,000 Sri Lankans had been convicted at least for one offence by 2011.
MP Jayasuriya also said that local politicians are behind certain crimes and the rule of law does not prevail in the country due to the influences of the politicians.
(CP)