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Mahinda Assures a New Sri Lanka ENGINE OVERHAUL SERVICE (EOS) Edirisinghe REMOVE - OVERHAUL Brothers Limited - REFIT OF ENGINE DELIVERY GUARANTEED Auto Court IN 5 WORKING DAYS Tel: 2431808,2434012, WARRANTY 1 YEAR 2438745 , 2438746 (UNLIMITED MILEAGE) Fax: 2336223 SPECIAL OFFERS FOR FLEET Email:[email protected] OPERATORS Web site:www.autocourt.net Vol. 26 No.80 Wednesday 5th April, 2006 Rs.15 - 34 Pages Registered in Sri Lanka as a Newspaper - Late City Edition CONTACT- EDIRISINGHE BROTHERS LIMITED CONTACT- EDIRISINGHE BROTHERS LIMITED SL hosts confab to prevent terrorist Veteran jumbos clash abuse of charities Colombo, April 4, 2006: Money launder- ers, swindlers and terrorist finan- over CMC muddle ciers operating in South Asia have a ity as district leader and authorized approved by the party,as Mr. Mohammed new cause to Accused turns accuser agent for the CMC, the local authorities claims, had been left out of the list. He worry as the U.S. election law provides for the authorized finally fires the question on why he Department of by.S. Selvakumar agent, in place of the party’s secretary, failed to notice that one of the candidates Justice, the FBI, In a new twist to the UNP’s Colombo Municipality nomination the duty of handing over of nomination was under age. Australia’s Asia papers, appointing polling agents and Mahroof requested the party secre- Pacific Group on list muddle, the hirtherto accused Mohamed Mahroof has turned Ambassador Lunstead appointing counting and other agents. tary to table this letter at the next Money Laundering accuser and put the whole blame on Mr.M.H.Mohammed, veteran opening the confer- And this is logical since the party secre- Working Committee meeting and an and the United UNP Parliamentarian, Colombo district leader and Authorised tary cannot go about handing over nomi- inquiry held into the conduct and lapses Kingdom’s ence. Agent of the UNP for the Colombo Municipal Council. nation papers to over 250 local authori- of M.H.Mohammed. He also proposed Charities Commission join forces to In a letter addressed toUNP General from positions they were holding in the ties. appointing a young and energetic person train more than 40 South Asian regula- Secretary, N. V. K. K. Weragoda, Mahroof party. Mahroof further questions as Colombo district leader and the tors and lawmen from Pakistan, referred to a letter written to Weragoda “Mr.Mohamed appears to be suffering Mohammed as to whether he was aware party’s authorized agent. Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka. by M. H. Mohamed where a resolution from a bout of amnesia, a malady not of the final list of candidates for the The letter has been copied to UNP The US Department of Justice’s was enclosed to be tabled at the party’s uncommon among 85-year-olds. That CMC. Was he responsible for handing leader Ranil Wickremasinghe, deputy Office of Overseas Prosecutorial working committee meeting for the however cannot be allowed to distort the over the list to the Returning Officer. Did leader Karu Jayasuriya and to the com- Development Assistance and Training removal of both Mahroof and correct position,” Mahroof stated in his he peruse the list before handing it over. mittee of inquiry on the CMC nomina- (OPDAT) has organised the conference Parliamentarian Milinda Moragoda letter. He further states that in his capac- Did he notice that one of the names tion list. entitled, Preventing the Abuse of Charities for Terrorist Financing, Money Laundering and Other Serious Crimes. The three-day discussions are 11 including Minister’s “Forgive them mother, for they knew not what they did” expected to provide a forum for South Asian law enforcement professionals staff remanded over and fiscal authorities to share experi- ences and tactics in combating the US visa scam abuse of charitable organisations. from Wimal Keerthi Negombo “The fight against terrorist financ- Group Corr. ing demands an all encompassing Eleven suspects who included three approach, targeting not only terrorist members of the staff of Sports and groups, but also the individuals, busi- Youth Affairs Minister were remand- nesses, banks, criminal enterprises, ed by the Negombo Magistrate in con- and charitable organisations that nection with the US visa scam, on a finance terrorism.” Ambassador report filed before Additional Jeffrey Lunstead said in his keynote Magistrate Miss. Aruni Attygala. address. The CID reported to the Court that “In the wake of a natural disaster there was an organised group who was such as the tsunami in Sri Lanka or the working with the knowledge of the earthquake in Pakistan, honest contrib- Minister himself to send Sri Lankans utors need to be sure their donations to USA and members of the staff of are not diverted for criminal purposes, the minister had taken steps to collect but given to those in need,” he said. Seminars will include case studies 800,000 rupees for each migrant to describing the ways terrorist financing Alaska. can be conducted through the charita- A suspect Indrakeerthi Sunil ble and non-profit sectors. They will Dissanayaka Elibichchiya of the also address regional efforts to support National Youth Service and the Sports effective implementation of interna- Ministry told investigators that the tional standards for charities and Minister had instructed the suspect improved detection of charitable organ- members of the staff not to charge isations being misused for terrorism or anything more than 800,000 rupees other unlawful purposes. from each prospective migrant, The CID report also said the Minister had given instructions to some members of his staff to find suit- able employment seekers to be sent to Alaska. A total of 6.5 million rupees Ranil discusses had been charged from foreign visa seekers who responded, the report ethnic issue with said. The Magistrate ordered the sus- pects into remand till April 20 when Indian leaders the case will be taken up again, CID President Mahinda Rajapakse hands over a cheque to a victim of the 1983 communal violence, where a large number of Tamils were killed, Opposition and UNP leader Ranil sources said. displaced and their properties destroyed. The President yesterday (4), at a special function held at the Presidential Secretariat, handed over Wickremesinghe met Indian leaders compensation to 100 families who were victims of the violence. Compensation of up to a maximum of Rs. 500,000 was made from the on Monday evening in New Delhi. Mrs President’s Fund. Looking on is Minister Douglas Devananda. Pic by Jude Denzil Pathiraja Sonia Gandhi assured Mr Wickremesinghe of her Congress Swarajya proposes party’s whole hearted support to Sri Lanka to find a lasting solution the multi-ethnic ethnic problem. He later met Indian Oppositioin territorial regiments leader L.K.Advani and former Prime Mahinda assures a Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. They discussed Sri Lanka’s ethnic problem. for the East India’s Opposition to it and India’s Expressing deep concern over support to solving the crisis. plans to recruit Muslim youth to the Wickremesinghe was on an official army to form a Muslim battalion for new Sri Lanka tour to India on the invitatioin of the the East, the Swarajya Movement by Ifham Nizam Lanka. way match the damage and hardships Indian government.He was accompa- proposed that multi-ethnic territori- “However difficult that task may be, I caused to their lives, but the compensa- nied by MPs Milinda Moragoda and Hemakumara Nanayakkara.(SS) al regiments be formed for that pur- President Mahinda Rajapakse yester- will not be discouraged. People have tion given is a just a mere token of pose. day vouched that he would create a new accepted Mahinda Chintana for the sec- appreciation. The Movement said: Sri Lanka that will be filled with love ond time and this is a reflection of creat- He said that earlier, according to Fact “The Swarajya Movement views and friendship among all communities ing a new Sri Lanka,” Rajapakse added. Finding Commission there were 1,272 with grave concern the advertise- and religions. Rajapakse assured the gathering that complaints and later another 5,634 com- ment appearing in a Sunday newspa- Addressing a ceremony at the not only under his regime but in future plaints were received. per Muslim youth to constitute a bat- Presidential Secretariat in connection too there will be no communal or reli- “Today we are compensating 100 talion for the purpose of protecting with compensating 100 families, who gious violence taking place in Sri Lanka. recipients. I believe this should not be the Muslim community in the East. were affected during the 1983 communal He asked all to support him without further delayed. Delay is a cause for The Swarajya Movement is quite riots, he said:”Only through strengthen- getting cheated by communal politics. humour. I order that everybody must be aware of the deteriorating security ing friendship among Sinhalese, Tamils The President also told recipients that compensated before the year 2007,” situation and threat to civilian life, and Muslims could we create a new Sri compensation given to them would in no Rajapakse stressed. particularly for the Muslims of the Eastern Province and they have also suffered ethnic cleansing in Jaffna in1990. Therefore, there is an urgent need for ensuring their safety. Mahinda’s removal tops UNP working committee agenda Nonetheless, restricting the appli- by Our Political Corr. colleague and strongman S. B. guard are expected to question the lead- cants exclusively to Muslim youth in Removal of UNP’s Matara Organiser Dissanayaka who is on a holiday Down ership why no letters calling for the a battalion dedicated to protect and former Minister Mahinda Under is also expected at this meeting explanation of former UNP stalwarts Muslim Community has all the Wijesekara is high on the agenda of the cutting his holiday short.
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