Gota resurrects three files of rape and bribery charges against Hakeem to arrest him if he leaves govt.
(Lanka-e-News-07.May.2013, 2.30PM) The Rajapakse regime has planned to arrest Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem by indicting him on charges of rape and bribery if he resigns from the government, according to LeN inside information division
It is learnt that defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse has called for and collected via the government sleuths’ service one file relating to bribe taking and two files pertaining to rape charges.
The bribery charges against Hakeem is , that through his coordinating secretary a sum of Rs. 10 lakhs had been collected by him to admit students to Law college. In this connection a file comprising 9 pages with typewritten statements of witnesses had been prepared. In addition to this , the two files of rape against Hakeem relate to his past rape charges .
In those files are statements recorded from time to time of Kumari Cooray (daughter of Mervyn Cooray M P who committed suicide ) over an illicit love affair with Rauff Hakeem. 16 statements had been recorded against Rauff Hakeem in those files. The relevant video footage is with the Rajapakses , and that footage had been made available to the Rajapakses by Kili Maharaja , LeN inside information division discloses.
However as the prime witness who mounted charges is no longer living , difficulties have sprung in the filing of charges. Hitheto Hakeem had been controlled and curbed by the Rajapakses by showing the files containing the charges, according to LeN inside information division.
No matter what, the decision making council of the SLMC is to meet today (7) evening to take a decision regarding their resigning from the government. Hakeem is trying to put off the decision of the Council for three months in order to escape the blackmailing tactics of the Rajapakses without indicating that , SLMC inside sources revealed.
A 12-member squad that came in 4 motorbikes attacked 48-year-old V. Sahadevan, the president of a newly formed group named War Affected Peoples' Movement (WAPM) and 35-year-old Puvilan Pushparaja, the treasurer of the group near Jaffna District Secretariat around 2:30 p.m. Monday. Mr Sahadevan and Mr Puvilan have been distributing leaflets against EPDP paramilitary leader Douglas Devananda, who is a minister in SL President Mahinda Rajapksa's cabinet. The attack comes a few minutes after Mr Devandanda spotted the two persons distributing leaflets against him. Sahadevan blames that the attackers were the ones who were escorting Mr Devananda.
The WAPM group has been distributing leaflets against Douglas Devananda since Sunday.
The attack on Monday comes after the two have been distributing leaflets in front of the District Secretariat in Jaffna for more than 4 hours.
Both the victims of the assault have been admitted at Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
(Lanka-e-News-07.May.2013, 2.30PM) The Rajapakse regime has planned to arrest Justice Minister Rauff Hakeem by indicting him on charges of rape and bribery if he resigns from the government, according to LeN inside information divisionIt is learnt that defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse has called for and collected via the government sleuths’ service one file relating to bribe taking and two files pertaining to rape charges.
The bribery charges against Hakeem is , that through his coordinating secretary a sum of Rs. 10 lakhs had been collected by him to admit students to Law college. In this connection a file comprising 9 pages with typewritten statements of witnesses had been prepared. In addition to this , the two files of rape against Hakeem relate to his past rape charges .
In those files are statements recorded from time to time of Kumari Cooray (daughter of Mervyn Cooray M P who committed suicide ) over an illicit love affair with Rauff Hakeem. 16 statements had been recorded against Rauff Hakeem in those files. The relevant video footage is with the Rajapakses , and that footage had been made available to the Rajapakses by Kili Maharaja , LeN inside information division discloses.
However as the prime witness who mounted charges is no longer living , difficulties have sprung in the filing of charges. Hitheto Hakeem had been controlled and curbed by the Rajapakses by showing the files containing the charges, according to LeN inside information division.
No matter what, the decision making council of the SLMC is to meet today (7) evening to take a decision regarding their resigning from the government. Hakeem is trying to put off the decision of the Council for three months in order to escape the blackmailing tactics of the Rajapakses without indicating that , SLMC inside sources revealed.
Activists opposed to Devananda attacked in Jaffna
[TamilNet, Monday, 06 May 2013, 14:14 GMT]A 12-member squad that came in 4 motorbikes attacked 48-year-old V. Sahadevan, the president of a newly formed group named War Affected Peoples' Movement (WAPM) and 35-year-old Puvilan Pushparaja, the treasurer of the group near Jaffna District Secretariat around 2:30 p.m. Monday. Mr Sahadevan and Mr Puvilan have been distributing leaflets against EPDP paramilitary leader Douglas Devananda, who is a minister in SL President Mahinda Rajapksa's cabinet. The attack comes a few minutes after Mr Devandanda spotted the two persons distributing leaflets against him. Sahadevan blames that the attackers were the ones who were escorting Mr Devananda. The WAPM group has been distributing leaflets against Douglas Devananda since Sunday.
The attack on Monday comes after the two have been distributing leaflets in front of the District Secretariat in Jaffna for more than 4 hours.
Both the victims of the assault have been admitted at Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
