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Record number of students visit Parliament yesterday

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The highest number of school students ever to visit Parliament was reported yesterday, Serjeant-at Arms Narendra Fernando said.

Accordingly, he said permission had been given to over 5,000 students from 32 schools to visit Parliament.

He further added that in comparison with Parliaments in other countries, this many number of students visiting Sri Lankan Parliament in one day could be a record.

More than 25,000 students representing schools located in different parts of the country have visited to observe Parliamentary debates after the Public Gallery was reopened from September 19.

He said that necessary steps are being taken to provide a free glass of milk to the school students who visit Parliament from January 2023.

Mr. Fernando said that this is a commendable act conducted according to a decision taken by the Committee on Parliamentary Business chaired by the Speaker and with the blessings of all the party leaders including the Leader of the House, Chief Government Whip and the Leader of the Opposition.

The Serjeant-at Arms also said that it should be specially highlighted that President Ranil Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, has decided to provide the necessary funds for this purpose from the Treasury without any hesitation.

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

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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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