Asoka Thilakaratne case: Transport of bank vault
millions:
CID seizes auctioned Army Defender
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID)
conducting investigations into the recovery of Rs 75 million made up
of several foreign currency denominations found in four vaults at a
private bank belonging to Asoka Thilakaratne, had taken into custody
a black Defender Jeep which is alleged to have brought the money to
the bank.
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Party Leaders, General Secretaries and ex-MP
candidates:
IGP to provide security
IGP Mahinda Balasooriya has decided to provide
security to election candidates who are either Party Leaders or
General Secretaries, the Attorney General informed the Supreme Court
when the rights application filed by Muslim Congress Leader Rauf
Hakeem was taken up yesterday.
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New Police investigation unit
A new police investigation unit will be set up
to inquire into complaints of alleged misconduct of organized groups
and individuals who engage in deceiving people by using the names of
President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa
and their family members.
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Navy rescues foreign fishermen
The Navy rescued 12 foreign fishermen who were
found on a distressed multi-day fishing vessel in the seas 300km
east of Sangamankandai Sunday night. The rescued crew were brought
to the Galle harbour yesterday morning. Navy spokesman Captain
Athula Senarat said a vessel with crew including 11 Indonesian
nationals and a Thai national on a multi-day fishing trawler in the
seas 300 km off Sangamankandai was observed by another Multi-day
fishing trawler named as Sanju Putha in the vicinity.
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