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Govt. can make Batalanda report official – Kumar Gunaratnam

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Kumar Gunaratnam, General Secretary of the Frontline Socialist Party, says that the National People’s Power Government is capable of presenting the Batalanda Report to Parliament and making it an official report, and that the government has the majority to do so.

He stated this at a media conference held by the party in Colombo yesterday (March10).

He also said that the facts presented in the interview conducted between Al Jazeera and former President Ranil Wickremesinghe show that he is fulfilling the responsibility of a state that is repressive of the people.

The Chief Secretary further commented,

Even when the BBC reporter showed the Batalanda report and asked, former President Ranil said that this is not an official report. It has not been passed in Parliament.

He said, if the victims want justice, if the parents of the missing want justice, then justice must be done in all cases. According to the Batalanda report, Douglas Peiris is the first person to be promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police, after passing the one hundred and fifty. He is a person who failed the Assistant Superintendent of Police examination. He worked to remove some activists of the JVP. This removal is being discussed in the commission. Removal means murder. Wijeydasa Liyanarachchi is a famous speaker of the JVP. A lawyer. He was abducted and disappeared in 1988. We only know the details of his murder. “This report clearly states that he was brought to Colombo on the orders of Ranil Wickremesinghe.”

Kumar Gunaratnam stated that no matter how much a government is provoked, it cannot act illegally, nor can it act in violation of the Constitution.

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Pillayan had prior knowledge of Easter attacks – Minister (Video)

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Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala says that investigations have revealed that Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias “Pilleyan”, had prior knowledge of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks.

Making a special statement in Parliament today (July 09), the minister pointed out that Pilleyan was in custody at the Batticaloa Prison when the attacks took place, and that strong evidence exists that he had prior knowledge of the attacks.

(Video : Voicetube)

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Student held under PTA for nine months to be produced in court

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The case of a 21-year-old student detained for nearly nine months under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) will be taken up in court today (July 9).

Mohamed Rifai Mohamed Suhail, an aviation student from Mawanella, was arrested in October 2024 after posting a video on Instagram showing the Israeli flag being trampled, BBC Sinhala reported.

He was initially taken into custody by Dehiwala Police near the Israeli consular office for failing to carry his national identity card and later released when the document was produced in court.

However, Suhail was re-arrested and remanded under the PTA in connection with the Instagram video, despite the court previously releasing him without bail. His lawyer alleges that no formal charges have been filed and no evidence has been presented by police to support the detention.

The prolonged incarceration has drawn criticism from rights groups, legal experts, and the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, which has been formally notified. Meanwhile, Suhail’s family has lodged a complaint, calling for his immediate release.

(dailymirror.lk)

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Injured Wanindu ruled out of Bangladesh T20I series

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Sri Lanka’s T20I captain Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I series against Bangladesh after suffering a hamstring injury to his right leg.

The injury occurred while he was batting during the third and final ODI of the recently concluded series.

Following a medical evaluation, Hasaranga will return to Colombo to undergo rehabilitation at Sri Lanka Cricket’s High Performance Centre.

Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed that no replacement will be added to the T20I squad in his absence.

(dailynews.lk)

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