A group of inmates at Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Center have broken out following a clash last night (24).
At least 40 inmates have escaped during the incident, according to the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation.
Accordingly, the Police have intervened to stabilize the situation and security in the rehabilitation centre has been increased following the incident.
Earlier on January 12 following a dispute between two groups of prisoners housed at the rehabilitation facility at least sixty inmates escaped. Most of them were rearrested.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
Speaker (Dr.) Jagath Wickramaratne to announced to the Parliament regarding the vacant seat created in Parliament due to the resignation of Mohamed Sali Naleem from his position as a Member of Parliament.
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