Vol. 30 No. 285 Wednesday 19th October, 2011, 48 pages Rs. 20 Registered in as a Newspaper - City Edition

CHILD INCEST: JUNAID GRABS WHY ANNA LANKA GETS ROBS INNOCENCE FIVE AS HAZARE NEW BANK SCARS CHILDREN PAKISTAN TAKE MAY FAIL 8 11 FOR LIFE 16 CONTROL Six arrested over seizure of Defender Some of them were involved in raid on Nawaloka hospital The police, investigating the The police recovered the Defender identified the person driving the seizure of an unregistered Defender on during a raid on the private security Defender, at the time of the seizure, as June 8, 2011 by an armed gang, have chief ’s residence at Neluwa, while they the owner of a vehicle sales centre, arrested six persons, including the also found a white Prado used by the which mainly imported Defenders. owner of a private security firm for gang, to intercept the Defender, close to The police said that on the instruc- their alleged involvement in the rob- Park Road residence of Minister tions received from police Indian congress hit bery. Police inspect the Prado used by gang. last June. The police over graft Pic Saman Abeysiriwardena The ruling Congress party suffered a humiliating Somawansa faction to announce their convention today defeat in a by-election in Hisar, in Haryana state, where anti-corruption cru- sader Anna Hazare had asked his aides to campaign against the party. Dissidents to Malaysia to be top five destination Malaysia shines in be expelled world tourism, said BY SAMAN INDRAJITH United Nations World Tourism he Somawansa Amerasinghe eral secretary Tilvin Silva was tipped Organisation faction of the JVP would to be the next party leader. (UNWTO) secretary- Tannounce the date of the next Today’s media briefing would be general Dr Taleb Rifai. convention of the party this morning the first since the party split surfaced (19), party insiders said last night. during the first week of last month This would be announced at and the party’s incumbent lead- a media briefing scheduled to ership planned to officially Five new nominees for be held at the party head office expel the dissident group at the Indonesia’s Cabinet at Pelawatte, Battramulla at special convention, sources Ending weeks of specula- 10.00 a.m., sources said adding said. tion, five men emerged that the names of the party’s The Somawansa faction yesterday as new nomi- new leaders too would be would hold a convention with- nees for Indonesia’s announced at the briefing. out allowing the members of Cabinet as President They said former the dissident group to attend it, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono moves to revamp Kurunegala District MP and Somawansa sources close to the party lead- his government amid a slide in his popularity. Politburo member Bimal Ratnayake ership said. would be announced as party’s new JVP trade union wing leader K. D. general secretary. According to the Lalkantha, during a recent interview traditions of the neo-Marxist party, with The Island said that a special Ma talks of China which attempted two unsuccessful party convention would be held soon peace treaty armed rebellions, the incumbent gen- President Rajapaksa who rushed to Lanza’s residence in yesterday morning consoles him. President Ma Ying-jeou yester- day said Taiwan could consider a peace treaty with China in 10 years, but did not give a pre- LTTE still active abroad – GL Raid on WPC Minister’s cise timetable, as he outlined BY SAMAN INDRAJITH his cross-strait policy in the run- up to elections in January. External Affairs Minister Prof G. ernment that the LTTE was still fully home gathers storm L. Peiris yesterday told Parliament operational in the Europe. that even though the LTTE had This also highlights the BY NORMAN PALIHAWADANA been militarily defeated in Sri necessity that maximum meas- estern Provincial Minister of Deputy Inspector General of Police Dhaka set to split Lanka, the terrorist outfit was ures should be taken with Tourism, Transport and R. W. M. C. Ranawana, who heads the into two still very much active in foreign regard to the security arrange- WHighways yes- police Special Task Force, denied raid- countries. ments of the President when he The city of Dhaka is going terday threatened to take legal action ing Lanza’s house. “We only went in The EUROPOL (short for visits foreign countries, Prof. against police commandos for raiding search of budded vehicles in the area to be cut into two. European Police Office), the Peiris said. his house at Negombo on Monday and our officers did not enter the The government yesterday European Union’s criminal The government is not in a night without a Court order. Minister’s residence,” he said. decided to divide Dhaka intelligence agency, had G. L. Peiris position to divulge the details Lanza told The Island that Lanza however claimed that his City Corporation area by informed the Sri Lankan gov- President , who house was searched for budded vehi- amending the Local visited his residence yesterday morn- cles, but they found none and it was a Government (City Corporation) Act 2009. ing, on hearing of the incident, total lie to say that they were search- ordered IGP N. K. Illangakoon to ing for drugs and illegal weapons. probe the raid and submit a report Political sources said the Lansa Russia warned Contract killer gang immediately. family had already been piqued by the He said he told the President that refusal of the UPFA hierarchy to of swelling deficit his enemies had given a false lead to appoint Nimal’s brother Dayan as the STF to humiliate him. Mayor of Negombo after Russia’s ex-finance min- netted by STF ister is warning that the BY HEMANTHA RANDUNU government’s lavish spending plans could Police commandos on Monday rifle, two magazines, and 72 bullets, undermine the nation’s night rounded up a gang of con- a revolver and 14 bullets, a pistol Raids on all beauty parlors to finances. tract killers at Minuwangoda. with one magazine and five bul- The gang is said to be responsi- lets and two hand grenades. check quality of cosmetics used ble for, among other hits, the According to police sources BY DILANTHI JAYAMANNE triple murder at Udugampola the gang had also been extort- The National Cosmetic Devices and Drug 23 women convicted and killing of the president of ing millions from wealthy busi- Regulatory Authority (NCDDRA) said yesterday that the Nittambuwa Traders’ nessmen in the Minuwangoda, raids would be carried out on beauty parlous coun- of child pornography Association. Divulapitiya, Negombo and try wide from the first week of November. The Special Task Force men also Katunayake areas. A spokesman for the authority said that a num- A Swedish district court has convicted 23 captured from them a T-56 assault ber of manufacturers of cosmetics and cosmetic women and one man of child pornography devices were not even registered with the Authority. offenses in what investigators say is a unique case because of the number of female perpetrators. Appropriation Bill presented to Parliament ! Sri Lankan fishermen are protesting against poaching Defence and Urban Development Ministry gets lion’s share by Indian fishermen. Soldier freed in swap ! Hello, Hello, Madam BY SAMAN INDRAJITH Jayalalithaa, where are you? for 1,000 prisoners The Appropriation Bill for the year 2012, Rs. 215 billion that was allocated to the Looking thin, weary and dazed, was presented to Parliament yesterday by Ministry of Defence in 2011. an Israeli soldier returned home Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne. The Urban Development Tuesday from more than five The total estimated expenditure for 2012 Authority (UDA) previously years of captivity in the Gaza Strip is Rs 2,220 billion with recurrent expendi- functioned as a separate in exchange for hundreds of ture up from Rs. 1,029 billion in 2011 to Rs. The new Ministry for Defence and Urban department under the Palestinian prisoners whose joyful 1,109 in 2012 while capital expenditure will Development, coming under President Ministry of Defence with families greeted them with massive celebrations. go up from Rs. 938 in 2011 to Rs 1,111 billion Mahinda Rajapaksa, will get the highest effect from November 2010. next year. allocation, Rs. 230 billion for 2012, up from