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Embassy official involved in Omani prostitution racket suspended

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7 months ago

November 18, 2022

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The Foreign Affairs Ministry has suspended the official of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Oman, who is suspected of supporting the racket of selling young women taken to the offices of employment agents to be chosen by the local employers at will.

Further investigations are being conducted by the Human Trafficking and Maritime Crime Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department to find the local brokers involved in this smuggling.

Information has revealed that Sri Lankan women taken to Dubai and Abu Dhabi are then taken to Oman and used for various criminal activities such as prostitution.

Forty five such women who were rescued are being held at a safe house in Oman.

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Parliament SOC recommends not to privatise SLT

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7 mins ago

June 9, 2023

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The Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on National Security has said that it does not recommend the privatisation of Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT).

This was stated in a report issued by the SOC on National Security headed by MP Sarath Weerasekera.

The report said that matters sensitive to national security can be exposed through the privatisation of SLT.

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Fonseka resigns from SOC on National Security

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9 mins ago

June 9, 2023

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Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka has resigned from the Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on National Security, Deputy Speaker Ajith Rajapakshe announced in Parliament today (09).

He said MP Rauff Hakeem has been appointed to the vacant position instead.

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Navin to replace Tikiri as Governor!

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17 mins ago

June 9, 2023

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Former Minister Navin Dissanayake is tipped to be appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province, internal government sources said.

Mr. Dissanayake, who is the son of the late Minister Gamini Dissanayake, also served as the Plantation Industries Minister during the Yahapalana Government.

Tikiri Kobbekaduwa, who served as Sabaragamuwa Governor, has sent a letter to the President stating that he will resign from his post tomorrow (10).

Kobbekaduwa, who served as the Governor of the Central Province from 2005 to 2015, was appointed as the Governor of Sabaragamuwa by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.