He reprimanded them for the fuss they had caused, telling them, "it's a shame for Sri Lanka what we had done", the grandmother said.
When presented with an ultimatum for the girl to be examined or face questioning in court, the grandmother asked for a female doctor but was told none was available.
The lawyers received the claims in a four-page handwritten fax, which they have sent to Associate Immigration Minister Damien O'Connor, asking him to reconsider his decision not to allow the girl and her grandmother sanctuary in New Zealand.
Lawyer Philippa Cunningham said the examination had stripped the girl of her dignity, amounting to "a further abuse of this young woman".
She told the Herald that a consultant psychiatrist who examined the girl on the Immigration Service's behalf eight days before the expulsion did not believe she would be able to withstand a court case, because of post-traumatic stress disorder.
A spokeswoman for the minister said Mrs Cunningham should receive a reply today, and he could not comment in the meantime.
Mrs Cunningham is also furious at a claim that a member of New Zealand's Sri Lankan community, which has condemned the outcry over the girl's expulsion as overly emotive, has flown to Colombo to "update" Professor de Silva.
Another Sri Lankan faxed the Herald to complain about media coverage and to say that the unnamed person left New Zealand on Sunday to help Professor de Silva with his inquiries.
The fax said the professor had "immense" powers to safeguard child-abuse victims, and it was a pity the Immigration Service did not alert him sooner to the case.
"But since our involvement in this case, he has taken this into his own hands and the child has already undergone a medical examination, the report of which we are now waiting for," it said.
Mrs Cunningham said it was "utterly bizarre" for Sri Lankans uninvolved in the case to meddle in such a way, and she would take action to ensure unauthorised parties did not gain confidential medical information.
A Sri Lankan child rights lawyer instructed to act on the girl's behalf has complained about being denied access to her, and Mrs Cunningham has accused the Immigration Service of refusing to arrange legal representation.
The grandmother also alleged in her fax that:* A female official of Professor de Silva's agency told the girl and grandmother that they would help their case to return to New Zealand if they told the truth about sexual abuse claims.
* The girl was later forced to recount details of her ordeal after the woman and a male colleague threatened to call the police when told she was not physically and mentally fit enough to co-operate.
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