A General Amnesty which will be effective from October 23 to November 15 is to be offered to Army absentees enabling them to receive legal discharge from the Army, Defence Ministry said.
According to the Army, this opportunity offered to Army deserters, coinciding with the 68th Army anniversary, will enable them to report to their respective Regimental Headquarters and receive legal discharge. However, absentees in the Sri Lanka Army Medical Corps would not receive discharge under this amnesty.
The Defence Ministry had offered two General Amnesty periods last year (2016) for tri forces deserters to seek legal discharge. During the last General Amnesty period which ended on midnight 31st December (2016), 8877 tri forces deserters including 34 officers and 8843 other rank personnel had reported to their respective services seeking legal discharge. Since January (2017) authorities stepped up operations to arrest deserters.
The media briefing was attended by senior military officers including Director General, Personnel Administration, Major General Sudath Perera and Military Spokesman and Director General, Directorate of Media at Army Headquarters, Major General Roshan Seneviratne.
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.
The Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
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.
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