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Kavinda apologizes for voting against Online Safety Bill

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SJB MP Kavinda Jayawardena expressed regret and apologized for voting against the Online Safety Bill in alignment with the party’s decision.

“I am truly sorry for my previous actions regarding the online safety bill that was presented to Parliament. I initially believed it was important, but we were presented with the picture of a demon,” he told parliament.

The MP said that recently, he tried to file a complaint about a defamatory post on Facebook and consulted a senior official of the Criminal Investigation Department. 

When I asked if he could file the complaint under the online safety bill, the official assured that he could, and also pointed out that the MP had opposed this bill.

“Honorable Chairman, I felt ashamed. At the time, it was portrayed to us that the online safety bill would strip away democratic rights, hinder political activities, and imprison us for our statements. However, the officer explained the committee has not been formed,” said Jayawardena.

He also requested the government to immediately appoint the committee for the online safety bill. 

“It’s essential to create the necessary framework for law enforcement agencies to act against those who spread falsehoods through social media. I apologize for voting against the online safety bill. We were compelled to do so based on our party’s directive,” he added.

(newsfirst.lk)
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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)
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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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