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Sri Lankans among hostages held by Hamas 

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Sri Lankan Ambassador to Israel Nimal Bandara said that 27 Sri Lankans who were residing in the northern part of the Gaza Strip are travelling to the southern part.

He stated that the group was planning to travel to Egypt with other people living in the Gaza Strip.

“Currently, the people living there have been moving especially from the northern part of the Gaza Strip to the southern part. Among them, our Palestinian representative in the Palestinian office explained that there are 27 Sri Lankans. They are expected to travel to Egypt with the others. The Palestine Office is making arrangements for that through a road they will open.” 

“Meanwhile, the Red Cross has made a request from the leaders of the Hamas organization since they have about 150 Israelis and foreigners in their custody. They have been requested to provide details. It has now been confirmed that foreigners from 36 countries including Sri Lanka are among them. If we get those details, we will be able to determine if our two missing persons are there.”

Meanwhile, MP Chaminda Wijesiri said that the government should manage the economic problems that may arise in the country due to Israeli-Palestinian conflicts.

Meanwhile, Minister Manusha Nanayakkara said that the President is paying close attention to the possible impact of this war on Sri Lanka.

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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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