Monday, July 1, 2019

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Former Defense Secretary And IGP To Appear Before CID Today

Former Defense Secretary HemasirI
Fernando and Inspector General Of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara are due to be appeared before Criminal Investigations Department (CID ) this morning (02)to give a statement regarding the Easter Sunday attacks it has been reported.

CID has informed the two officials to appear before CID Headquarters in Colombo at 10 a.m this morning (02) to record a statement .

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USA Do Not Need To Set Up A Security Base In Sri Lanka -USA Ambassador

American Ambassador to Sri Lanka and
Maldives Alaina Teplitz has stated that USA do not  need or plan  to setting up a security  Base  in Sri Lanka  as some sections have  mentioned   .

Under the proposed "SOFA" bilateral Defense agreement due to be signed with  Sri Lanka ,USA only  ailms to provide  support she has stressed .However some sections are  spreading false information regarding the agreement the USA Ambassador has tweeted .


Ten Persons Including Eight Prisoners On Death Row Had Filed FR Petitions At Court Against Capital Punishment

Ten Persons including Eight Prisoners
on death row and Two civil activists had filed fundamental Rights petitions at Supreme Court Today  (01)requesting the court to issue an interim order preventing the implementation of Capital punishment  .
The petitioners had Stated through their petitions that President Maithripala Sirisena had signed papers to hang four Prisoners on death row and the fundamental rights of prisoners are being violated due to this .
Petitioners imcluding the two civil activists representing Center for Policy Alternatives had named few government officials including Attorney General ,Justice Minister Thalatha Atukorale and President's Secretary Udaya R Seneviratne as respondents in their petitions .

Attorney General Had Instructed Acting IGP TO Arrest Former Defense Secretary And IGP Over Not Preventing Easter Sunday Attacks

Attorney General ,President's Counsel
Dappula De Livera had instructed the Acting Inspector General Of Police (IGP) Chandana Wikramaratna to arrest former Defense Secretary HemasirI Fernando and IGP Pujith Jayasundara over not taking steps to prevent or minimise the effects of Easter Sunday attacks and produce them before courts .

The Attorney General Had Instructed the Acting IGP Wikramaratna to arrest the relevent officers and produced before the courts five days ago as recommended by the Vijitha Malalgoda Commitree  appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena to probe on Easter Sunday attacks .However Acting IGP did not implement the instructions Attorney General's coordinating se retary NIhara Jayaratne has stressed .

Therfore Attorney General has again instructed the Acting IGP Wikramaratna to arrest former Defense Secretary and IGP and produce them before the court today (01) she has stated.

Former Defense Secretary and IGP Had neglected their duties to prevent the Easter Sunday atracks Attorney General's Coordinating Secretary Says.

Attorney General's instructions came in an enviornment where Parliamentary Select committee probing on  Easter Sunday attacks getting evidence from. Government officials regarding the Easter Sunday attacks .

Both former Defense Secretary HemasirI Fernando and IGP Pujith Jayasundara who is under compulsory leave had given evidence before the committee .

Popular Singer Priya Suriyasena Has Passed away

 Popular Sri Lankan Singer in 70's and 80's  Priya Suriyasena has passed away today(24)at the age of 80 years.