Secretary of the committee probing disappearances under threat

Tuesday, 29 January 2013 

Secretary of the committee probing disappearances and activist of the Nava Sama Samaja Part Sundaram Mahendran is a threat to his life.

An unknown person had followed him yesterday when he was traveling to attend to some of his work. The person who was accompanying Mahendran at the time had been abducted and the abductors have questioned about Mahendran.

The person had alerted Mahendran after he was released by the abductors. Mahendran had then lodged a complaint with the police for his safety.

He has said that his life has been under constant threat due to his continuous work to raise a voice against disappearances. He has added that the threats faced by him have increased after the protest that was held outside the parliament complex to mark the third anniversary of journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda’s disappearance

Condom theory applied to Anura Yapa

Tuesday, 29 January 2013

Anura Priyadharshana Yapa who was appointed as the Petroleum Minster at the Cabinet reshuffle that was held on the 28th is displeased with his new appointment, government sources said.

While in the Environment Ministry, Yapa headed many state institutions, but would now only head the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) as the Petroleum Minister. Earlier institutes like the Central Environment Authority, National gem and Jewelry Authority, State Timber Corporation, Forest Department, Forest Conservation Trust, Marine Conservation Authority and the Geological Survey and Mines Bureau were some of the key state institutes that were under Yapa’s purview.

Yapa it is learnt had expressed his displeasure to the President saying that he would have to face the blame for an increase fuel prices or the importation of low quality fuel. The President had responded by saying that Yapa’s new ministry was the best place to earn money.

However, Yapa had said that politics does not only mean money and walked out.