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Travel ban on ‘Booru Moona’

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The Avissawella High Court barred the foreign travel of suspected criminal Ravindu Sanka alias ‘Booru Moona’ who recently fled Police custody at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Katunayake.

The travel ban was imposed after taking the submissions presented by the Western Province South Police Division into account.

‘Booru Moona’, who is accused of the gunshot murder of a restaurant owner in Hanwella in December of last year (2022), was arrested at the Airport on 24 February while seeking to board a flight to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, using a forged passport.

However, he thereafter fled Police custody with the help of two Buddhist monks. 

At the time of his arrest, ‘Booru Moona’ had confessed to taking shelter in a house located in Millaniya, Bandaragama.

Meanwhile, a serving member of the Navy, his wife, and four others are now under arrest for aiding and abetting “Booru Muna’s” escape.

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Who’s behind script of ‘Basil recordings’?

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An audio recording of a heated argument allegedly took place between Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organizer Basil Rajapaksa and former Moratuwa Mayor Saman Lal Fernando is currently circulating on social media sites. It is the opinion of social media users that this recording is a fabrication.

Social media reported that this exchange of words took place during a discussion held at the SLPP Head Office yesterday (23).

Below are some of the comments made by the people over the audio recording.

A group meeting was held yesterday at the party office to discuss the upcoming elections and May Day.

It is said that this argument took place between Mr. Rajapaksa and Mr. Fernando during this meeting.

The audio recording that is being circulated on social media sites.

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Blacklisting Thuyacontha illegal: NPP

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The National People’s Power (NPP) said that the blacklisting of retired Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha was illegal.

Speaking at a press conference held at the JVP Headoffice last morning (22), NPP member Harshana Nanayakkara said Mr. Thuyacontha had been blacklisted by the Air Force without providing any legal document.

He said that the National People’s Power recently decided to form a collective of retired tri-forces personnel. 

“No party has been able to do this in the past. This is being made as a force across the districts. Mr.Thuyacontha is leading this. He is one of the people who risked his life as a fighter pilot throughout the war and was awarded the ‘Vikramaveera’ and ‘Vibhushana’ titles. For his dedication, he was awarded the highest rank of Air Vice Marshal and retired amidst all the honours,”

“If someone is being punished, they should be given the reasons as to why they are being punished. Was Mr. Thuyacontha told why he was blacklisted? He does not even know what the charge is. He has been blacklisted by an invalid document,” he said.

“Thuyacontha blacklisted to maintain internal administrative affairs”

Director (Media) of the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF), Group Captain Dushan Wijesinghe said that the decision to blacklist Thuyacontha was taken with the aim of maintaining the internal administrative affairs without any political interruption.

Speaking to the media, he said that Thuyacontha cannot enter any of the SLAF camps and enjoy the facilities given by the SLAF. 

“Any retired officer of the SLAF can engage in active politics. But, the situation is very different when it comes to this matter. This officer enjoys all the facilities given by the SLAF. He can enter any SLAF camps as a result of this facilitation of privileges. Therefore, it will create a problem in the internal administration of the SLAF if this officer tries to influence our serving members after entering the camps,” he said.

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I had nothing to do with Asgiriya brothel: Sanoja Bibile

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Veteran actress Sanoja Bibile said that she had nothing to do with the brothel that was operated at the address ‘Hansavila’, no: 144, Sumangala Road, Asgiriya in Kandy.

Ms.Bibile said this in response to the article titled ‘Statement to be recorded from Sanoja over brothel raided in Kandy!’ published on Sri Lanka Mirror website.

She said that the property in question belonged to four people including her mother and siblings. However, in April 2022, it had been rented out to an individual by the name A.G. Samantha Asela Kumara.

At the time of the raid conducted by the police, Samantha Asela Kumara was the occupant of the house. 

She said that the property was rented out on April 11 last year with the consent of her mother and siblings.

The lease contract is shown below.

Ms.Bibile also said that the electricity bill of the rented out property was not in her name but in the name of her mother D.R. Nalini Padmavathi Bibile.

The electricity bill is shown below.

We regret any inconvenience caused to Sanoja Bibile due to the previous article published by Sri Lanka Mirror.

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