President Maithripala Sirisena on June 7 said that State Intelligence Chief Sisira Mendis will not be granted a service extension, reports Sunday Times on June 8. Last year, Intelligence Chief Mendis was granted a service extension which was due to end this month. Aljazeera adds that Mendis lost his job after he gave his testimony before the Parliamentary Standing Committee (PSC). Mendis on May29 had told the PSC that security council meetings were irregular, making it difficult to properly protect the island nation. Mendis further said that when he brought up the warnings during a meeting on April 9, director of the State Intelligence Service Nilantha Jayawardena, who has a direct link to the President, told him Sirisena had already been briefed.