Case against Malaka, six others referred to AG
MONDAY, 28 JANUARY 2013
The case against Minister Mervyn Silva’s son Malaka and six others who are alleged to have assaulted an Army Major has been referred to the Attorney General for his advice, the Kompanna Veediya police informed Court today.
Kompanna Veediya OIC told court that extracts of the investigation report had been referred to the Attorney General on the instruction of Western Province Senior DIG Anura Senanayake.
The seven suspects — Malaka Silva, the late Minister Mano Wijertane’s son Rehan, Nalinda Janaka, Nilu Aravinda, Suresh Pushpakumara, Sarath Upali, Rumesh Sathyajith — were present in Court when the case was taken up before Colombo Fort Magistrate Kanishka Wijeratne.
However, on September 17 in an affidavit filed in Court the complainant said Malaka and Rehan did not assault him and he was prepared to arrive at an amicable settlement.
Further magisterial inquiry was postponed for March 11. (Lakmal Sooriyagoda)
SC bench differed for Rishard’s petition
MONDAY, 28 JANUARY 2013The Minister petitioned the Supreme Court after a case was filed against him for alleged threat and intimidation of the Mannar Magistrate.
The case was postponed to March 18 in order to relist the bench.
MONDAY, 28 JANUARY 2013A statement issued by the DMK Parliamentary party leader T. R. Baalu said the team would personally meet and urge Union external affairs minister Salman Khurshid and ambassadors of 47 UN member nations to prevail over Sri Lanka to implement the resolution of UN Human Rights Commission to hasten the rehabilitation of the war-hit Eelam Tamils and find an early political solution there.
The team comprising DK president K. Veeramani, VCK leader Thol Tirumavalavan, professor Subha Veerpandian and former Union minister Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan will leave to the national capital on Sunday.
Referring to the 14 resolutions adopted at the Teso conference at Chennai on August 12, 2012 and subsequent representations made with the UN deputy general secretary Yan Lia Sen by Stalin earlier, the statement said that Teso led by DMK chief M. Karunanidhi has decided to approach the UN member nations to urge UN to exert more pressure on Lanka to change the prevailing situation in the Island nation and restore the political, economic and cultural rights of Eelam Tamils there. (Source: deccanchronicle)
