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Netball training halted without minister’s approval

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Although the Sri Lankan team for the Asian Youth Netball Championship to be held in South Korea has been selected, it has not yet been approved by the Sports Minister.

Accordingly, the training activities have been halted.

The sports minister’s approval has been delayed since a group of parents of some players who were not selected have continuously submitted petitions accusing the selection process.

Most of these petitioners are the parents of athletes from a school in Kurunegala from where the coach has also been selected.

Since the school she coached won the championship in the inter-school netball tournament, the coach had argued with the selection committee that the Sri Lankan youth team should also include more players from her school.

She had reportedly incited the parents of the players and had also used several journalists for this purpose, Sri Lanka Mirror learns.

This group of journalists had recently brought four or five petitioning parents in front of the Ministry of Sports and arranged to hold a protest. However, it did not receive enough publicity from any major media institution.

Meanwhile, the Netball Selection Committee has said that it will resign if the Sports Minister orders to conduct the selections once again.

If that happens, the experts said that the Championship will be over by the time a new selection committee is appointed and new selections are made.

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Pastor Jerome’s FR petition to be heard on June 28

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The Fundamental Rights petition filed by Pastor Jerome Fernando seeking an order preventing police from arresting him in connection with the controversial Sunday sermon was today fixed for June 28 by the Supreme Court.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court today allowed Ven. Elle Gunawansa Thera to intervene in this petition as an Intervenient Petitioner.

(dailymirror.lk)

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Chinese national dies after falling from a building

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A Chinese national has died after falling from the 08th floor of a housing complex under construction in Kompanna Vidiya area.

The victim, who was seriously injured in this manner while doing inspections at the site, had died on admission to the Colombo National Hospital, reports say.

It is reported that the deceased was a 24-year-old assistant engineer.

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Thilini Priyamali hospitalized ; case adjourned

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The Colombo High Court Judge Adithya Patabendige today (June 05) ordered a case filed before the Colombo High Court against Thilini Priyamali, the businesswoman who is accused of massive financial fraud, to be taken up for hearing on August 11.

The order was issued when the case against Priyamali over the misappropriation of Rs. 08 million, which was obtained from a person in the Matara area promising to provide a vehicle, was taken up for hearing.

At the time, the defendant Thilini Priyamali did not appear before the courts, and her attorney stated before the courts that her client is receiving treatment at a private hospital in Colombo due to an illness.

Accordingly, the judge who ordered the case to be adjourned until August 11, also ordered the defending party to appear before courts on the relevant date with an accepted medical report of the defendant.

The relevant case has been filed by the Attorney General, accusing that an amount of Rs. 8 million, which was obtained by the accused in the year 2010, promising an individual in the Matara area a vehicle, had been misappropriated.

(adaderana.lk)

(Except for the headline, this story, originally published by adaderana.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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