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| Monday, 27 December 2004 |
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Prisoners flee as water pours in by Sarath Malalasekera Over 300 prisoners including remand prisoners at the Matara prison escaped from the high security jail after it was destroyed by tidal waves yesterday morning, a senior Southern Range Police officer said. The inmates took maximum advantage to flee the prison, the Police officer said. He was unable to say whether there were any casualties at the prison inundated by sea water. Southern Range DIG D.W. Prathapasinghe deployed a team to trace the escapees. Mangala returns Ports, Aviation and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera on hearing the news of the tidal wave disaster yesterday while on a tour abroad, cancelled his trip and returned to the island. Minister Samaraweera expressing his deep sorrow to the victims' families stated that he was glad to hear that prompt action was taken to provide relief to the victims and appealed to the people and all organisations to cooperate with relief operations. Former MP missing Former Southern Province MP Tennyson Edirisurriya is one of those reported missing. We said it In our lead story of December 21 headlined 'frequent tremors cause alarm', we informed readers to be "prepared for the worst" as geologists were expressing concern over the increased frequency of tremors around Sri Lanka. The report said scientists were worried about the number of tremors experienced by Sri Lanka recently. Latvia expresses concern The President and the Government of the Republic of Latvia through the Honorary Consul in Sri Lanka expresses its deepest sentiments to the Government and the People of Sri Lanka on the National Disaster which hit Sri Lanka on December 26., states Thomas F. Daetwyler, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Latvia in Sri Lanka. Tyronne to hold meeting today North East Governor Tyronne Fernando will have a meeting with officials at 1.30 pm tomorrow at the Governors quarters on relief measures. Norway expresses sympathy and provides emergency relief The Norwegian Government expresses its deep-felt sympathy with the people of Sri Lanka after the terrible disaster of the tidal waves. As an immediate measure, the Norwegian Government has decided to provide approximately 160 million rupees in emergency relief, states a press release. |
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