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New appointment
Brigadier Rizvi Zacky, now Sri Lanka's Defence Attache in Pakistan, is to be named the Army's Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) shortly. He is expected to complete his tour of duty in Pakistan in September.

The current incumbent, Brigadier Kapila Hendavitharana has been appointed to a new post - Director General of Military Intelligence (DGMI).

This new organisation will encompass the intelligence arms of the Army, Navy, Air Force and will be located in the Joint Operations Headquarters.

The post of DGMI, according to a decision made by the Ministry of Defence, is to be held by an officer in the rank of Major General. Accordingly Brig. Hendavitharana is to be promoted to that rank. These measures, insiders say, have already been approved by President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.

Comradeship?
Police circles are talking about an Assistant Superintendent of Police in the east who attended the funeral of Tiger guerrilla cadre Vasubawa alias Bawa who was killed at the Mankerni entry/exit point. The say the officer not only paid two visits but also saluted the remains of Bawa lying in a coffin.

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