Landmine-cleared land for 247 families
Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa on
Sunday officially handed back land to 247 families in Thanankilappu
area on the Chavakachcheri-Pooneryn road after it was cleared of
landmines by the Army. The minister said that the government has
given top priority to uplift the living conditions of the people who
were badly affected by the 30 year war. “The displaced people have
now been fully resettled in the Jaffna district.
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Lankan jailed in chip-and-pin fraud in UK
A Sri Lankan illegal immigrant has been sentenced
after ripping off hundreds of customers at a petrol station where he
worked in Merseyside, England. Murugaiya Selvakumaran, 36, swapped
the chip-and-pin machines at a Murco petrol station in Wallasey with
card readers which allowed international criminals to copy
customers’ cards and make fraudulent withdrawals.
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