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Colombo Security Conclave founding documents signed (Pics)

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Member States of the Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) – Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Maldives, & Mauritius signed the Charter & Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of the CSC Secretariat yesterday (Aug. 30).

National Security Adviser to the Indian Prime Minister – Mr. Ajit Doval visited Colombo from 29-30 August 2024, for the signing.

Mr. Doval highlighted the significance of the Founding Documents to further bolster CSC’s pivotal role in ensuring regional security and stability.

Emphasising the role of CSC in ensuring sustained engagement across diverse pillars of cooperation, he stressed the importance of collective efforts in addressing traditional, non-traditional, and emerging hybrid challenges in the Indian Ocean Region.

The event concluded with a discussion among heads of delegation on the next steps and the future activities of the Conclave.

During his visit to Colombo, Mr. Doval, KC called on President Ranil Wickremesinghe, and PM Dinesh Gunawardena, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

He met his counterparts from CSC member countries including National Security Adviser of Sri Lanka – Sagala Ratnayaka and National Security Advisor of Maldives, – Ibrahim Latheef.

While in Colombo, Mr. Doval also interacted with Opposition Leader – MP Sajith Premadasa and , Leader of National People’s Power – MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake as well as political leaders and representatives of various political parties including from the North, East and the upcountry region.

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Assets of 02 police officers to be probed

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Assets of two prominent police officers are to be probed after authorities received a number of complaints, highly placed sources in the government say.

One officer in question is a DIG while the other is a SSP, reports add.

The Police Illegal Assets And Property Investigation Division are conducting further investigations.

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AG seeks CID probe into social media smear campaign against his staff

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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has opened a probe following a complaint by Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe that his staff have been unduly targeted by false allegations on social media.

The AG’s instruction to the CID came after several of his staff complained to him over the allegation on social media.

Particularly targeted are senior AG’s Department officials awaiting promotions, sources said.

In one of the posts, a senior officer was accused of being supportive of granting bail to Thamil Makkal Viduthal Puligal (TMVP) leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillaiyan, when his fundamental rights application over his arrest was taken up. During the hearing of the FR case, the matter of bail was not even considered, the sources said.

Another allegation was that in a case related to the suspended Police Chief Deshabandu Tennakoon, the AG prevented a senior officer from representing the department and instead sent a junior officer. However, on the particular day, the senior officer was indisposed, the sources said.

These allegations surface as the AG’s Department has filed more than 600 new indictments in High Courts so far this year, while the Bribery Commission has also referred several bribery and corruption cases to the AG for prosecution.

(sundaytimes.lk)
(This story, originally published by sundaytimes.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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19-yr. old dies after falling from elevator

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A 19-year-old youth has died after falling from a service elevator at a hotel in the Pannai area, in the Jaffna Police Division.

According to the police, the incident had occurred last night (June 21) and the deceased has been identified as a resident of Nirveli, Jaffna.

According to investigations, the youth was employed at the hotel and had been using the service elevator -intended for transporting goods.

Further investigations are underway.

This incident follows a similar case recently reported from a hotel in Moratuwa last week.

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