OTHER NEWS Pillayan- first chief minister for Eastern Province Pillayan - new CM EP Police begins investigations Pillayan�s oath taking unconstitutional � Hizbullah    Advertisement Print Version | Email to friend Sri Lanka White van victims at CID, TID Munza Mushtaq 02-05-2008 Several Tamils who were abducted in Colombo and suburbs by unidentified gangs that came in white vans during the last few weeks have been allegedly found at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID). Civil Monitoring Commission (CMC) Convenor, Parliamentarian Mano Ganesan charged that subsequent to the ‘abductions’ and upon inquiry, it was learnt that all the seven Tamils were under the custody of the TID and CID. “The law enforcement authorities have the freedom to arrest anyone on suspicion, but that should be done in a proper manner and not in some unscrupulous style using white vans and attired in civil clothing,” he said. He said that he was prepared to bring the matter to the attention of Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe. “This is totally unacceptable and unethical. The Police can’t act like this, I am going to bring this to the attention of the Human Rights Minister,” he added. Meanwhile, when contacted, Government’s Defence Spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella maintained that when a country was fighting terrorism, one could not always stick to ethics, all the time. “But that does not mean that the law enforcement authorities will exploit their powers,” he claimed. Rambukwella noted that there were many units in the Police, and all of them were legitimate. According to him, some of the personnel in these units were dressed in civil, if not they would face difficulties when apprehending culprits. Print Version | Email to friend

Pillayan- first chief minister for Eastern Province Fri, 16-05-2008 18:00:00 Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan alias Pillayan was sworn-in as the Chief Minister for the Eastern Province before President Mahinda Rajapaksa this evening. Three other provincial councilors also took their oaths, as cabinet of ministers despite M.L.A.M Hisbullah was absent. They are T.Navaratnarajah, Wimalaweera Dissanayake and M.Uduma . After swearing in ceremony Minister Athaullah welcomed the newly appointed Chief Minister. Chandrakantha obtained the highest number of preferential vo... |FULL STORY|

Pillayan - new CM EP Fri, 16-05-2008 14:00:00 Mr.Pillayan took oaths as the Chief Minister of the Eastern Provincial Council in a short while ago.... |FULL STORY|

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Police begins investigations Fri, 16-05-2008 14:00:00 Extensive investigations are now being held on the suicide bomb attack occurred at Colombo Fort this morning. Police Media spokesperson Senior DIG N.K. Ilangakoon said the Colombo Crime Investigation Division and the Fort Police conduct investigations according to the instructions of CID. The Government Analyst has also concluded his investigation. It is being identified the motorbike which the suicide bomber had travelled has been registered in the Eastern Province. The registered numbe... |FULL STORY|

Pillayan�s oath taking unconstitutional � Hizbullah Fri, 16-05-2008 13:00:00 Hours before the installation of Pillayan as the Chief Minister of the East M.L.A.M Hizbullah along with two other elected Muslim members from Batticaloa to the Eastern Provincial Council have informed the Governor-East that they would not support Pillayan in the council and would function as a separate group. Chief Minister aspirant and Batticaloa strongman He said that it's illegal for Pillayan to take oaths as CM since he doesn�t command a majority in the UPFA team. ... |FULL STORY|

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