Former Sri Lankan High Commissioner to United Kingdom Dr. Chris Nonis was notified by Kollupitiya police to appear at the police station on July 18, regarding a complaint lodged against him on an alleged verbal abuse and threat to a female company chairman on May 16, 2016.

Nonis had been asked to appear at the police station on July 14 to record a statement.

However, a lawyer appeared on behalf of Nonis yesterday and informed police that his client was unable to be present since he was suffering from an illness. 

The complainant Mary Jane Verma (80) of Green Park Residencies had lodged a complainant with Kolllupitiya Police, saying that she was threatened by Nonis at Green Park Residencies in Kollupitiya. Verma said she was threatened by Nonis to withdraw a case pertaining to a company owned by him and another person.