Warranted Sudharman roams freely with Gota

Monday, 20 May 2013

Deputy General Manager of the state owned ITN station, Sudharman Radaliyagoda who is under a police warrant to be arrested for the past one year and 10 months was yesterday seen walking freely with Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.

The court issued a warrant on Sudhraman on July 19, 2011. However, the police failed to arrest him although Sudharman was seen in public on many occasions and even photographed by the media.

Yesterday morning Sudharman joined Gotabhaya to walk along the Japan-Sri Lanka Friendship Road near parliament to witness the construction work taking place in the area.

Every one passing by on the road witnessed the protection received by Sudharman a wanted person by the police. The irony was that the police in fact was providing security to Sudharman yesterday while he walked with Gotabhaya.

Sudharman was issued the warrant for forging letters on Sri Lanka Telecom letterheads and cheating several businessmen and taking monies amounting to several millions of rupees from them.
Military personals issue threatening orders against families of misplaced personals

[ Monday, 20 May 2013, 05:58.20 AM GMT +05:30 ] Members of SriLanka Army continuously warn families of misplaced personals while in the military detention. Group of unidentified personals have threatened to withdraw the case filed at the Vavuniya High Court. Thousands of LTTE members surrendered to Lankan army on May 18, 2009. Military personals have loaded these individuals in to special bus take away. At present relatives not permitted to collect information’s about their loved one. Family members of 5 misplaced personals filed case at the Vavuniya high court on March 20 on demanding to provide information on these misplaced individuals. Court ordered army commander of the 58th division at Mullaitivu to appear before the court. In such situation these families received threatening phone calls from unidentified personals.

JMO in charge of Matale mass grave also to be transferred

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Judicial Medical Officer Dr. Ajith Jayasena of Matale District Hospital who was in charge of the scientific examination of the skeletons found in Matale mass grave has been transferred to Kurunegala General Hospital with immediate effect.

He is to commence his duties at Kurunegala Hospital starting from today (20).

When contacted by the media, he stated that despite the sudden transfer he is still in charge of the skeletons recovered from the Matale mass grave.

He has further stated that he will be visiting Matale hospital in the weekend in order to write the medical analysis report on skeletons as ordered by the court and the court has decided on the time frame of the skeletons based on the scientific analysis report submitted by him and Professor Raj Somadeva, professor of forensic archaeology at the University of Kelaniya.

Meanwhile, the judge hearing the Matale mass grave case, Matale Magistrate Chathurika de Silva, is also to be transferred , reports say.