Sri Lanka's Attorney General Jayantha Jayasuriya, PC has appointed a four-member committee from his department to conduct a legal study of the Bond Commission report, government news portal, www.news.lk said this morning (Wednesday).
It said the team comprises a Senior Additional Solicitor General, two Deputy Solicitor Generals and a Senior State Counsel, quoting sources from the Attorney General’s Department.
The story said:
“The team will study the commission’s recommendations and pay attention to the initial steps to be taken in this regard by the Attorney General’s Department. The Bond Commission report was handed over to the Attorney General’s Department by the Secretary to the President Austin Fernando on the direction of President Maithripala Sirisena.
Copies of the Treasury Bond Commission report were forwarded to the Central Bank and the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption as well.
The Treasury Bond Commission handed over its final report to President Maithripala Sirisena on December 30. A special statement on the report was issued by President Maithripala Sirisena on January 3.
The Presidential Commission of Inquiry investigating into the Treasury bond issue was appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena on January 27, 2017. The Commission comprised Chairman Justice K.T. Chitrasiri, Justice P.S. Jayawardena and retired Deputy Auditor General V. Kandasamy.” – ENDS -
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
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.
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