Speaker Karu Jayasuriya yesterday signed the Office on Missing Persons (OMP) Act which was unanimously approved by Parliament on August 11 with amendments.
The office of missing persons will trace those disappeared during the war against the LTTE and JVP led arm revolt in the past too. Over 20,000 persons reportedly to be missing during the three decades of war period starting from 1980.
Meanwhile welcoming the move to set up OMP office, the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has made its own suggestions.
HRC states that the legal framework of the OMP would have had greater legitimacy if it was enacted after the on-going public consultations process so that the insights and concerns of the affected families could have been incorporated. The Commission reiterates the importance of ensuring future mechanisms incorporate and reflect the concerns and insights of victims and affected persons, and urge the government to undertake a transparent and inclusive process to establish these mechanisms.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
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