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Dilrukshi acquitted in audio recording case

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2 months 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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Cargills FoodCity assault : suspects released on bail

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19 mins ago

September 25, 2023

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The suspects recently remanded over assaulting a young woman at the Borella Cargills FoodCity supermarket, have been released on bail.

Colombo Additional Magistrate Sajindra Weerasuriya today (25) ordered to release the suspects on a surety of Rs. 5,000 each.

The suspects were produced before an identification parade and the complainant identifies 05 out of the 07 suspects.

Also, it was previously stated that the complainant had committed previous offences, it was singular that no such thing was mentioned in the police reports submitted to the court.

The court ordered to take up the case again on Nov. 08.

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Fmr. SDIG gets 5-yr. jail term

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3 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Ratnapura High Court has sentenced former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe for five-year imprisonment for intimidating Kahawatte OIC not to arrest MP Premalal Jayasekera over a shooting incident.

Ratnapura High Court also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000.

The shooting incident took place during the 2015 Presidential election campaign.

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Notice on issuing revenue licenses in WP

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6 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Department of Motor Traffic has decided to temporarily suspend the issuing of revenue licenses in the Western Province due to a system update.

According to the department, the services will be unavailable from this Wednesday (September 27) to next Monday (October 02).

The Motor Traffic Department said in a statement that vehicles of which revenue licenses are expiring from Tuesday, September 26 can be renewed until October 10, without fines.

Meanwhile, the online service for revenue licenses was temporarily suspended from midnight yesterday (September 24) and will remain so until Friday, October 06.

The department added that the temporary service suspension was due to an update on the system maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.