President's Cousel Anuja Premaratne yesterday (Sept 5) told court that his client former defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando had not received prior warnings of the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks.
During a hearing at the Supreme Court, the lawyer pointed out that intelligence reports and details are directly reported to the President - who is the Minister of Defence, and that such information is not communicated with the Defence Secretary.
The President's Counsel made these submissions when 12 petitions filed against Mr. Fernando and Police Chief Pujith Jayasundara over the failure to prevent the attacks, was taken up for hearing.
The petitions are being heard before a seven-member judge bench headed by the Chief Justice.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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