Safari tour guides, park officials suspended over failure to control unruly motorists at Yala

 

The Secretary to the Ministry of Wildlife has suspended the park officials and 07 safari tour guides who accompanied a group of individuals involved in reckless driving inside the Yala National Park over the failure to control the situation. 

On the directives of the Minister of Wildlife and Forest Resources Conservation Mahinda Amaraweera, the park officers and the safari tour guides in question were suspended until the conclusion of the investigations into the incident. 

Accordingly, Minister Amaraweera has given directives to the ministerial secretary to inform the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) in writing to arrest the group of individuals who were involved in reckless driving at the Yala National Park regardless of their ranks and status.