SLMM
spoils Tiger arms boat capture
The Sri Lanka Navy yesterday accused the Sri Lanka Monitoring
Mission (SLMM) of jeopardizing an operation on Thursday night
to round up a Tiger guerrilla arms ship. The
charge, The Sunday Times learns, has been made in a report
sent yesterday by Vice Admiral Daya Sandagiri to President
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, Commander-in-Chief.
Public
Trustee, others face charges in Pramuka scandal
CID detectives probing the Pramuka Bank crash claim they have
gathered substantial evidence against Public Trustee N. S.
A. S. Seneviratne on allegations that he had obtained 'Gold
Certificates' from the bank after investing public money.
Police
chief: The story behind the story
Last week's picture and report on the front page of The Sunday
Times that T. E. Anandarajah has won another term as Inspector
General of Police, raised many a query from our readers.
Chandrasekaran
again backs LTTE chief
Minister and UPF leader P. Chandrasekaran has called on the
Tamil people to strengthen the hands of LTTE leader Velupillai
Prabhakaran -- while the UPF is threatening to bring down
the UNF coalition in the Central Province.
No-faith
motion against Premier falls apart
The proposed no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil
Wickremesinghe over his alleged justification of the US invasion
of Iraq has been dropped amidst confusion and contradictory
claims in opposition ranks.
Three
Cs to guide Press Complaints Commission
Chairman of the Council of the Press Complaints Commission
and former Secretary General of Parliament and ex-Ombudsman
Sam Wijesinha said that the PCC will endeavour to function
on the basis of consensus, consultation and compromise in
making its decisions. |