PM, son-in-law responsible for A’pura drug menace – Chandrasena   Friday, 13 December 

2013 14:13

Cabinet minister of special projects S.M. Chandrasena has started a ‘special project of his own’ against prime minister D.M. Jayaratne and family members of the late Berty Premalal Dissanayake by publicly telling voters of Anuradhapura that the premier and his son-in-law Duminda Dissanayake were entirely responsible for the drug menace spreading in the Rajarata area, according to sources in the area.

He is saying openly that he has evidence to prove that the PM is using his official powers to free the drugs brought by the underworld and through minister Duminda Dissanayake the drugs are being distributed from Mahawa area and through minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage being distributed in the upcountry areas. The prime minister is sacrificing his coordinating secretaries to save his name, and minister Chandrasena says he proposes without any fear that if the drug menace is to be eliminated, the prime minister should be sacked and arrested.

The Dissanayake family which had been running a political monopoly in the Rajarata area, without stopping at killings, is now degraded further to the level of selling drugs, minister Chandrasena says, adding that he himself is a person who had reached the present position through his own honest efforts, and that the blessings by the president are a great strength to him. He has also said that he would initiate legal action against MP Anura Dissanayake for slinging mud at him by saying he had swindled compensation money of Mavilaru farmers.

JHU urges Police to conduct investigations into heroin scandal 

By Premalal Wijeratne- December 13, 2013 

Leader of the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU), Ven. Omalpe Sobitha Thera, says if the police carry out a thorough investigation, they will be able to find out the person responsible for importing a container of heroin, the release of which was requested by a Coordinating Secretary of the Prime Minister.

He also said he has written to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) asking him to carry out a thorough investigation to identify the culprit, after arresting the person who had issued a letter for its release to the Customs.

“This could end up like the museum robbery investigations, which were inconclusive. Investigations are just dragging on at snail’s pace. Police should attend to these investigations with more enthusiasm to uncover the culprits,” the Thera said. (Ceylon Today Online)