In Sri Lanka, the travel ban imposed on a local employee of the Swiss Embassy in Colombo, has been extended till Thursday even as she appeared before the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) today.<br />''<br />''The employee, who was allegedly kidnapped last month, was earlier banned from leaving the country and asked to give a statement before the CID.<br />''<br />''She appeared before the CID for five hours last evening to record a statement over the alleged abduction. She was also produced before the Colombo Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) today.<br />''<br />''The matter led to a diplomatic standoff between the Sri Lankan and Swiss government, with the latter terming the incident serious.<br />''<br />''The incident happened in the backdrop of the new government under President Gotabaya Rajapksa taking over an alleged white van abductions which took place when he was defence secretary in the earlier regime <br />''<br />''<br />