Julian Bolling & Jonathan Martenstyn at CID

COLOMBO (News 1st); Swimming champion Julian Bolling & Businessman Jonathan Martenstyn arrived at CID this morning (17), to provide statements over the July 9th protests.

The Criminal Investigations Department said that they were summoned to record statements for the future investigation of the incident where President Ranil Wickremesinghe's house was torched on the 9th of July.

Julian Bolling is a Sri Lankan medal-winning swimmer who has represented his country at international competitions. He won 15 gold medals for Sri Lanka in South Asian Games from 1984 to 1991. He also represented Sri Lanka at the three Olympic games, first at Los Angeles (USA) in 1984, then at Seoul (South Korea) in 1988, and finally at Barcelona (Spain) in 1992.

Jonathan Martenstyn is the son of the late Commander Cedric Martenstyn of the Sri Lanka Navy, who went missing in action in 1996.