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Govt. can make Batalanda report official – Kumar Gunaratnam

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7 days ago

March 11, 2025

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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.

"බටලන්ද කොමිෂන් වාර්තාවට චන්ද්‍රිකා කළ දේම ජාතික ජනබලවේගය ආණ්ඩුවත් නොකරයි කියා හිතනවා. සුදුසුකම් ලද 150ක් පන්නලා ඩග්ලස් පීරිස්ට උසස්වීම් දෙන්න නිර්දේශ කළේ සජිත් ප්‍රේමදාසගෙ තාත්තා" – කුමාර් ගුණරත්නම් සහෝදරයා 'பட்டலந்த ஆணைக்குழு அறிக்கைக்கு சந்திரிக்கா செய்ததையே தேசிய மக்கள் சக்தி அரசாங்கம் செய்யாது என நம்புகிறேன்.' "தகுதியான 150 பேரை பதவி நீக்கம் செய்த பின்னர் டக்ளஸ் பீரீஸுக்கு பதவி உயர்வு வழங்க பரிந்துரைத்தவரே சஜித் பிரேமதாசவின் தந்தை" தோழர் குமார் குணரத்னம்
Posted by Front Line Socialist Party on Monday, March 10, 2025

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Boossa Prison jailor remanded over ‘Ganemulla Sanjeewa’ murder

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56 minutes ago

March 17, 2025

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A Jailor at the Boossa Prison, who had brought underworld figure Sanjeewa Kumara Samararathne also known as “Ganemulla Sanjeewa” to court on the day he was killed inside the Hulftsdorp court premises, has been arrested by the Colombo Crimes Division (CCD).

Subsequently, he has been ordered to be remanded until March 21, after being produced before the Colombo Magistrate’s Court, Ada Derana reporter said.

Presenting the suspect to the court, the Colombo Crimes Division officials have stated that the murdered suspect, “Ganemulla Sanjeewa”, had been brought to court by the arrested Jailer on the day of the assassination.

Police informed the court that investigations are underway to determine whether the crime was committed due to the Jailor’s dereliction of duty.

Police also pointed out to the court that investigations have revealed that the suspected prison officer had not taken any steps to arrest the individual who shot at “Ganemulla Sanjeewa” within the court premises and fled.

During the trial, police also requested permission to obtain a record of the suspect’s mobile phone calls for further investigations.

The court granted permission for the requests and ordered the suspect to be remanded until March 21.

(adaderana.lk)

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