MP Dr. Jayampathy Wickremaratne today informed the Parliament that he has been receiving death threats over the telephone.

He said that unidentified persons were making death threats over the phone.

Wickremaratne also revealed that he has already made a complaint with the Welikada police and requested the Parliament to investigate the matter.

Deputy Speaker Thilanga Sumathipala said that this matter will be forwarded to the Parliamentary Committee on Privileges and instructed that the police should investigate the matter.