President Informed Cabinet Ministers That Court Cases Should Be Filed Against Defense Forces Chiefs Who Had Charges Without Harrasing Them

President Maithripala Sirisena has

today (13)informed  the Cabinet members that if there are charges against chiefs of Defence Forces court cases should be filed against them without Harrasing them by arrest.

An Urgent Cabinet meeting had been summoned by the President this noon at Presidents House mainly to discuss on arresting and Harrasing of Defence Force chiefs it has been  revealed

As there's a case against a former Armed Force Officer over abducting and dissapearing of 11 youths during previous regime ,a court case should be filed against him if there are evidence againsf him President has stated during the meeting.

President has also expressed  his displeasure over the statement made by Minister of Wild Life Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka against current Army Commander and said it is not fair to criticize the Army chief  by holding a Cabinet Portfolio which was agreed by other Cabinet members.

Two Students Had Been Injured Due To An Explosion At A Sabaragamuwa University Lab

Two Students Had been injured and

hospitalized due to an explosion occurred at a Laboratory attached to Faculty of Applied Sciences of the University this evening (13).

The injured Students who are 21 and 23 year old had been admitted to Balangoda Base Hospital for treatment.

Police believe a chemical in.the laboratory may have caused the explosion .

Colombo High Court Has Acquitted And Released Five Suspects Including An International Drug Dealer

Colombo High Court has today 

(13)acquitted and released five persons including an Internstional Drug Dealer Mohommad Siddique arrested on 03 Rd of February 2003 over keeping 8.1 Grammes of Heroin in there possession at Maharagama area.

Colombo High Court Judge Vikum Kaluarachchi had ordered to  release the suspects as the complainants of the case not able to.prove the charges against suspects without any doubt.

The evidence  given to the court by Assistant Superintendent of Police Priyantha Jayakody attached to Colombo Crimes Division and other officers of the division who had raided and arrested the suspects were against each other High Court Judge has stated.

Attorney General had filed a case against the suspects .

MASS POISONING OF EAGLES PROMPTS THE ARREST OF A MAN IN AUSTRALIA

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GOLDEN MELODIES

Western Provincial Governor Has Cancelled The Orderi Of Importing Luxurious Chairs From Belgium.

Western Provincial Governor

Hemakumara Nanayakkara has ordered the authorities to cancel an order to import 125 Luxurious chairs to the Western Provincial Council at a cost of Rs. 640,000 per a chair from Belgium  with immediate effect.

Western Provincial Governor has made this order after receiving a report of a committee appointed by him to inquire on the chair order.The luxurious chairs were  to be imported to the Council as per the orders of  Western Provincial Chief Minister I sura Devapriya.

However after the Leftist Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna  (JVP) MP Lakshman Nipunaarachchi has made a written complaint to the Westetn Provincial Council Governor against  the chair order, The Governor had temporary suspended the order and appointed a committee to inquire on this.

The Governor has ordered the authorities to order the required chairs to the Western Provincial Council from a local company .

Health Minister To Send Indeginous Doctors To An International Cannabis Conference

While a Cabinet Paper has submitted to 

the Cabinet by  seeking approval to cultivate Cannabis locally for medicinal purposes ,Health Minister Dr.Rajitha Senaratne has decided to send a group of Ayurveda /Paramparika Doctors to an International Cannabis Conference to be held in Israel Shortly .

Addressing a Provincial Council Health Minister s Summit held at National Blood Bank at Narahenpita this morning  (13) Health Minister has stressed that although inhaling Cannabis is bad for human health  using it as a medicine proven as have health benefits through experiments conducted in Western countries .

Countries like Canada and Britain had already removed the ban imposed on cultivation of  Cannabis for medicinal purposes and Canada has begun to produce nedicines by using Cannabis Minister has stated.

A programme will be implemented to take the illegal Cannabis cultivation Lands raided and taken in to custody by police under the Ayurveda Drug Corporation after consulting with Ministries of Judicial and Law and Order to facilitate using of Cannabis to  local Ayurveda drug production he has further said .