600 police constables were killed in vain due to a directive by President Premadasa - retired SSP Thasie Seneviratne
2011-01-26
Retired SSP Thasie Seneviratne told the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) on the 24th that an investigation was not conducted into the inhuman killing of 600 policemen in one day by the LTTE. He has said that an investigation had not been conducted when the killings had taken place or afterwards.
“You are not fit to hear cases. Your are good to eat grass, so go ahead and eat grass” - A suspect who had not been granted bail for four and a half years tells a Magistrate
2011-01-26
A suspect who has been in prison for the past seven and a half years without being charged has asked the Magistrate in Pugoda as to why he was not being granted bail. When the Magistrate had remained silent, the suspect had said, “Why are you not granting bail only to me? The others who were arrested with me have all been granted bail.”
For speaking on behalf of Fonseka
The milk packet given to Ven. Sobitha Thero's Sunday school slashed
2011-01-26
The afternoon milk packet given to the students of the Vijaya Sunday school has been stopped following a Presidential directive. The President has reportedly made the order as a mark of protest against comments made in favor of former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka by chief incumbent of the Sri Nagavihara, Ven. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero, who also manages the Sunday school.
A senior minister checks his horoscope after hearing the President's health condition
2011-01-26
Soon after learning through media reports that President Mahinda Rajapaksa had traveled to the US for treatment for a serious health condition, a senior SLFP minister has met a well known astrologer to get a forecast for his horoscope.
Controversy in preparing the Wattala nominations list:
Provincial Councilor Nimal Lansa opposes decisions made by Basil, Anura Yapa and Sarath Gunaratne
2011-01-26
The delay in preparing the UPFA nominationslist for the Wattala electorate due to various disagreements had come up at the selection committee meeting. It is learnt that names of illicit liquor brewers, bookies and those accused of murder have been removed from the initial list presented by Wattala organizer Neil Rupasinghe according to a directive by the Gampaha District Leader, Minister Basil Rajapaksa.
