Hulugalle’s Dangerous Liaisons With A Casino Queen Links To The Closure Of The Media Centre For National Security
December 8, 2013
The dissolution of the controversial Media Centre for National Security that was tasked with counter propaganda against the LTTE during the final phase of the war is directly linked to the illicit affairs and conduct of its Director General and regime strongman Lakshman Hulugalle, a Sri Lankan newspaper has revealed today.
The Presidential Secretariat closed the MCNS with effect from November 1, evicting Hulugalle from his post, the Sunday Times said in its political column today.
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The Sunday Times said that a sequence of events triggered by the sudden transfer orders to 23 officers and constables from the Police Department’s Organised Crimes Investigation Unit led to the closure of the MCNS.
It came in the wake of the 23 officers conducting a raid on a gaming centre in the Colombo Town Hall area, the newspaper said.
The Sunday Times quoted highly placed Police sources as saying that the orders came even without a proper investigation being conducted against the 23 policemen. The newspaper quotes a UPFA source as saying the MCNS Director General Lakshman Hulugalle had urged IGP N.K. Illangakoon to effect the transfers on the grounds that there was ‘unfair’ treatment after the arrest of some persons closely associated with a leading personality.
Hulugalle, however, has denied he made any such request, the newspaper states. Read More
EX-AIRMAN ARRESTED FOR RS.1 MILLION JEWELRY THEFT
December 8, 2013
The robbery had taken place at around 10.00am yesterday (Dec 7) when the shop owner was opening the jewelry store for business.
The stolen jewelry is valued at Ra 984,000.
