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Dilrukshi acquitted in audio recording case

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1 year ago

August 9, 2023

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The Public Service Commission has acquitted former Director General of the Bribery Commission Dilrukshi Dias Wickremasinghe who was interdicted in connection with a controversial audio recording.

Ms.Wickremasinghe has been acquitted of the charges based on the reports previously issued by the University of Moratuwa and the Government Analyst’s Department.

The investigation reports said that the audio recording of a telephone conversation between Ms. Wickremasinghe and Avant-Garde Chairman Nissanka Senadhipathi, has been edited.

In 2019, when the relevant audio recording was circulated on social media sites, the Public Service Commission which investigated the incident interdicted Ms. Wickremasinghe on September 24, 2019.

However, a lengthy investigation conducted by the University of Moratuwa and the Government Analyst’s Department in 2021 revealed that the audio recording has been edited to distort the entire telephone conversation.

This incident was a hotly debated incident in the political arena at that time. Ms. Wickremasinghe requested Mr. Senadhipathi to release the entire phone conversation.

At the time of the incident, she was working as the Deputy Additional Solicitor General of the Attorney General’s Department.

Ms. Wickremasinghe is currently retired and with this decision of the Public Service Commission, she will be entitled to the arrears of salary and privileges.

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2nd day of talks between the President & IMF

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2 hours ago

October 4, 2024

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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake engaged in a discussion with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the Presidential Secretariat today (Oct. 04), marking the second day of talks with the President.

Director of the IMF’s Asia Pacific Department Krishna Srinivasan, Senior Mission Chief Dr. Peter Breuer, along with other senior IMF representatives and the Sri Lankan delegation attended the discussions.

President Dissanayake aims to achieve the objectives of the program in partnership with the IMF, seeking alternative approaches that will alleviate the burden on the citizens.

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Youtuber arrested at BMICH

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3 hours ago

October 4, 2024

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Popular Youtuber – Kalpa Gunaratne has been arrested yesterday (Oct. 03) at the Colombo International Bookfair at the BMICH.
The arrest had followed a security officer assaulting a young man at the bookfair.

Mr. Guneratne had opposed the physical assault and had started to video record the incident after it had continued.

Upon the arrival of CI Neomal who is in charge of the security at BMICH, the security personnel had told that Mr. Guneratne’s recording had caused a scene.

After taking into possession two old media IDs, Mr. Guneratne was taken to the Cinnamon Gardens police saying he had no valid media and was subsequently charged with breaching public order.

He was kept behind bars for around 03 hours before lawyers of the Media Law Forum had secured police bail.

However, since no mention had been made of the assault, the assaulted youth himself had gone to the police and made a complaint.

It is reported that he had suffered injuries to his head from the incident.