The Ministry of Justice and Prison Reforms has decided to import the noose to be used at the gallows in lieu of implementing the death penalty.
Accordingly, a letter has been put forward by the Ministry to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking to import the noose.
The letter has suggested that the noose be imported from a country which carries out the death penalty. Countries such as Pakistan, Bangaldesh, India, and Singapore are some of the countries listed in the letter.
The current noose is 12 years old and was imported from Pakistan.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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