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MONDAY 27 july 2020 LATEST EDITION VOL: 09/196 PRICE : Rs 30.00 In Sports Sangakkara backs Ganguly for ICC top post Sri Lanka cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara has backed Sourav Ganguly for the ICC Chairman’s post, saying the BCCI President’s ‘astute cricket brain’ and vast... A16 Only 42% have access to clean water Large-scale President Assures Drug Trafficking Safe Drinking Water for Entire Country President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he would make sure that each citizen in the country will be given access to clean drinking water facilities during his tenure. Ring Busted He said this while pointing out that only 42 per cent of the people in the country have access to clean drinking water. He said that measures will be taken to increase this percentage so that 100 per cent of the country’s populace Managed by a Rs 1,800 million Drugs distributed will have no issue in finding clean and safe drinking water. to various parts President Rajapaksa also noted prison inmate circulated within that he is determined to make sure the future generations will named I.D. Darshana the network of the country not have trouble in finding safe drinking water, a threat many other countries in the region BY NINDUWARA ABEYSINGHE drug traffickers involved in this arrested several suspects with 1.05 already face. (BORALESGAMUWA) racket. kilogrammes of heroin worth over Just like it was made sure that Based on a tip-off received about Rs 11 million. The Police also every household in the country A large-scale drug trafficking a suspicious individual who was seized two three-wheelers, three and each area of the country have network involving the sale, seen near the Bellanwila Raja motorbikes, one WagonR motor access to electricity, this too will distribution and packaging of MahaViharaya, recently, the Police vehicle, over Rs 1 million earned be implemented to assure no drugs, has been busted by the apprehended and interrogated an through selling heroin, mobile citizen is left without having Nugegoda Anti-Corruption Unit. A individual. He had revealed to the phones, weighing scales and access to safe and clean sum of Rs 1,800 million had Police that his mother was packing special paper used to package drinking water. reportedly been circulated among drugs in Horana, and the Police heroin. Story Continued on PAGE 2 Pulasthini’s mother tells First paediatric Two arrested with Easter Attacks PCoI Clinical liver transplant drugs worth Rs 28M Zaharan's wife aware nightmare at BY THAMEENAH RAZEEK a success Around 5,600 narcotic pills worth Rs of Pulasthini’s fate Negombo DGH 28 million were seized after two suspects BY BUDDHIKA SAMARAWEERA Sri Lanka’s first paediatric liver Cadavers exposed as were arrested at a five-star hotel in transplant was successfully performed at Colombo, Police said yesterday. Rajaratnam Kavitha, the mother of Pulasthini the Colombo North Teaching Hospital, the mortuary goes out of order Suspects were arrested in two separate Mahendran alias Sarah Jasmine, requested the Ministry of Health said. operations, where the main suspect was Security Forces not to release National Thowheed The surgery was performed on14 July by BY LEON BERENGER taken into custody around 1:50 p.m. on Jama’ath (NTJ) leader Zaharan Hashim's wife, Abdul specialist surgeon Dr. Rohan Siriwardena 25 July with 5,500 pills and 2.4 grams of Cader Fatima Hadiya, who is currently in CID and a team of specialist surgeons from A major health risk has broken out at the heroin and after interrogating him,the custody, until exact information about what around the country. District General Hospital (DGH) in Negombo other suspect was arrested with 100 happened to Pulasthini after 21 April 2019 is This marked the first successful liver after officials have been forced to carry pills in his possession. revealed. transplant performed on a child in Sri post-mortems on human remains in open The suspects are residents of... Lanka. Also, with this transplant, the corridors as the mortuary is nearly non- Story Continued on PAGE 2 NCTH liver transplant team has reached a functional, a senior-most medical official Story Continued on milestone of doing 50 liver transplants, disclosed on 24 July. PAGE 2 where the rest were on adults. The Hospital’s mortuary is almost... Dumping toxic sludge into Ocean All assigned to EPZ factory caught Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 2 election duties should report – Deshapriya red-handed Street racers All-Party reps Failure to report will affect promotions BY RANMINI GUNASEKARA on the mat meet EC today A garment factory, operating within the A group of 39 street racers were rounded To discuss matters pertaining to GE BY J.T. DE SILVA Seethawaka Export Processing Zone (EPZ), has been up along with 27 motorcycles for caught attempting to dump 19 gully bowsers of toxic unauthorised racing along the Piliyandala- BY W.K. PRASAD MANJU Election Commission Chairman sludge, which constitutes hazardous waste, into the Kesbewa bypass road on Saturday night, Mahinda Deshapriya said, public ocean through the Madampitiya Sewerage Pumping Police said yesterday. A special discussion between members of officials who do not show up for election Station, which can only handle non-toxic waste. The group was arrested following a the Election Commission and duties will be blacklisted. Failure to This was confirmed by Chairman of the Marine complaint received by Police emergency representatives of political parties will be report for duties will affect their Environment Protection Authority (MEPA),... hotline. held today (27) at the Election... promotions as well, he said. Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 2 Story Continued on PAGE 2 A2 MONDAY 27 JULY 2020 NEWS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Two arrested... Large-scale drug... ... Angoda and Mabola, aged 29 and 20. disclosed that using courier agencies to The raid was conducted by the Colombo smuggle in narcotics is the latest trend. The Police Spokesman, SSP Jaliya Preliminary investigations have were involved in this heroin racket, Central Divisional Anti-Corruption Unit, stocks were meant to be distributed among Senaratne, said all transactions revealed the suspects had which was operated more like a under the supervision of SSP Nishantha de individuals and groups at nightclubs and related to this racket took place distributed small packets of drugs network, and that all trafficking Zoysa, based on a tip-off from a courier other parties held in hotels where Police through a local private bank.He to various parts of the island activities had been conducted by agency. Addressing the Media yesterday rarely visit. SSP Senaratne said trade value added the Police have found details including Boralesgamuwa, the main racketeer, who is currently (26), at Fort Police Station, Police Media per pill is around Rs 2,500 to Rs 5,000 and of bank accounts, bank passbooks Moratuwa, Horana and in prison, using his mobile. Spokesman, SSP Jaliya Senaratne, said that investigations are underway to identify other and ATM cards. Minuwangoda, while staying in a The Police Spokesman added, a a drug peddler who is currently in prison has suspects and their system. Action will be He said the Police apprehended rented house in Bokundara, special Police team has commenced organised this and a foreigner was involved taken against these suspects and the drug five male suspects and one female Piliyandala. SSP Senaratne added investigations to identify other in the ring for the part of sending the pills peddler in the prison as well as the foreigner suspect in connection with this the arrested suspects were between suspects and the arrested suspects from a foreign country. SSP Senaratne who imported these pills through the courier racket, managed by a prison inmate the ages of 26 and 45. will be produced in Court to obtain stated that the Police have started to take agency. The operation was conducted by IP named I.D. Darshana, using his Further investigations have a 48-hour detention order for legal action against the foreigner and to Pathum Kumara and seven other Police mobile phone. revealed that several other suspects further questioning. identify his network with Sri Lankans. It was Constables. All assigned... Zaharan's wife... He added that all public officials who She said Pulasthini had been with that, the Police Officers had told her federation and the Police who had said it was not needed to lodge a have applied for and have been Zaharan's wife, from February to 26 that Pulasthini was over 18 years old intervened and handed over my complaint and that he would look into assigned election duties should April 2019, and Fatima is, therefore and that she had the ability to make daughter back to Hastun,”she said. the matter,” Kavitha mentioned. certainly perform their duties. well aware of what happened to decisions as she wished. Members of the PCoI paid special She further stated that when she He noted, in the event a certain Pulasthini. Kavitha met Fatima at the She also said that when the attention to the fact that Hastun had went to the Human Rights official has not received an official CID when she went there to record a daughter was handed over to be kept lodged the complaint with the Commission Office in Kalmunai and letter informing of election duties, they statement. with her for 15 days, the Police Kattankudy Police despite Pulasthini informed about it, an officer there must visit the election office in their Kavitha was testifying before the Officers obtained a signature on a being a resident of the recorded the complaint, but she was respective area and obtain the letter.