Vol. 29 No. 267 Tuesday 28th September, 2010, 44 pages Rs. 20 Registered in Sri Lanka as a Newspaper - Late City Edition Norway Good time to target investigating Obama’s big Judge in the sell-out inflation, says IMF 9 failed peace bid 11 FINANCIAL REVIEW dock over night Kotelawalas trusted State bank for their deposits club rampage BY ARUNA BOGAHAWATTE AND SARATH DHARMASENA CID recovers Rs. 60 mn in Gold jewellery The Judicial Service Commission yesterday suspended The Criminal Investigation investigators had contacted at a private financial institute. Kotelawela would be ques- Tissamaharama District Judge K. Department on Monday recov- the bank following informa- The Kotelawelas are under tioned regarding Monday’s Anura Seneviratne after Kollupitiya ered gold, estimated to be tion that the Kotelawalas investigation over the collapse recovery. worth about Rs. 60 million maintained undeclared safe of the Golden Key credit card Sources said though he was police initiated an inquiry against deposited by Lalith deposit vaults at banks. company and a range of a business tycoon who had him on a charge of going on the Kotelawela and his wife, at a Another official pointed out alleged fraudulent financial utmost faith in the private rampage at a night club last Friday. State-owned bank. Police that the police could have transactions. Mrs. Kotelawela sector he had chosen a State A senior spokesman for the JSC C’wealth games: spokesman Prishantha made the detection earlier had is evading arrest. bank to deposit his valuables told The Island that the police would Jayakody told The Island that Kotelawela secreted the gold Sources said that with. be directed to conduct an inquiry. The suspect would be treated as a Cobra found in normal citizen, he said, emphasising the Chief Justice Asoka de Silva had authorised action against the tennis stadium Parliamentary Council: UNP says official. P 16 Opp. Leader will name nominee UNP says Namal groomed as MR’s !Insists Speaker desist from interfering in the process successor BY SHAMINDRA FERDINANDO BY SHAMINDRA FERDINANDO he UNP says party leader Ranil UNP MP Harin Fernando says TWickremesinghe is President Mahinda Rajapaksa is ready to appoint his nom- openly promoting his eldest son, MP inee to the five-member Namal Rajapaksa, as his successor. Parliamentary Council, The Badulla District MP alleges that though his first choice, President Rajapaksa TNA MP M. A. had accommodated Sumanthiran refused to MP Rajapaksa in Sri accept the appointment. Lanka’s delegation to WPC member Kithsiri the 65th United Kithsiri Manchanayake says the Nations General Opposition leader shouldn’t Queen’s top bodyguard be deprived of his right to name his nominee. Assembly (UNGA) to Addressing the media, at the Opposition declare him as his suc- suspended for firing Leader’s Office on Monday (Sept 27), cessor. Manchanayake alleged that Speaker Chamal Addressing the Harin shot in palace Rajapaksa was planning to nominate an MP media at the Opposition Leader’s on behalf of the UNP leader. Manchanayake Office on Monday (Sept 27), MP pointed out that even Prime Minister D. M. Fernando said that having obtained a Jayaratne hadn’t named his representative to two-thirds parliamentary approval for the Parliamentary Council. Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Major General Shavendra Silva, Under the 18 Amendment, the Speaker former General Officer Commanding (GOC) appear in Colombo High Court on the passage of the 18th Amendment could make appointments on behalf of the Monday (Sept 27) in connection with an ongoing case involving former army to the Constitution through fraudulent Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader in commander General (retd) Sarath Fonseka. DNA leader Fonseka, MP has been means, which would enable the the event they refused to comply with the lat- indicted in HC for alleging in a pre-presidential election interview with The incumbent President to contest again, est amendment. Sunday Leader that Rajapaka ordered Silva not to take prisoners on the Vanni east front. (Photo Kamal Bogoda) hief Superintendent Ian Boyes was cleaning his Cloaded gun when it went off inside Holyroodhouse, the Trial-at-Bar against SF monarch’s official residence in Even Judges, lawyers not Edinburgh. conversant with new laws - Cooray Court tells Gota, WORLD VIEW BY DASUN EDIRISINGHE Even some judges and Cooray said that judg- lawyers are not conversant ments on similar cases others: Come only with the new laws passed could vary according to by Parliament, Deputy personal prejudices of Minister of Justice judges. Because of that the when summoned Reginald Cooray says. ministry would introduce BY CHITRA WEERARATHNE Addressing the media guidelines for Magistrates Defence Secretary Gotabhaya at the Ministry shortly. Rajapaksa, Brigadier Shavindra Silva and Auditorium, the deputy “The current system of Shamika Seneviratne, who are among the minister emphasised the meting out justice is witnesses in the High Court Trial-at-Bar need to educate the public Reginald flawed and people have against retired Army Commander Sarath on the laws passed by Fonseka, were yesterday directed to Parliament. attend Court only when summoned. All other witnesses were directed to attend Court regularly on trial dates. Proceedings of the Trial-at-Bar, against Peliyagoda fish market to Fonseka pertaining to the ‘white flag’ issue, were re-fixed for September 28, 2010. When the trial commenced yesterday, be opened by end October Nalin Laduwahetty,the counsel for Fonseka, told the Trial-at-Bar that BY DON ASOKA WIJEWARDENA Fonseka, was unable to attend Court yes- ! UNP MP says Namal is being Fisheries and Aquatic He said the decision to terday as he was indisposed. He said the groomed as President Resources Minister shift the fish market from Medical officers of the Military services Rajapaksa’s successor. Rajitha Senaratne said St. John’s to Peliyagoda that the new fish market was taken to eliminate ! Never mind Namal. Who will at Peliyagoda would be sub-letting by certain be Ranil’s successor? opened by the end of October. AG picks holes in J’pura hospital financial statements BY LAL GUNESEKERA The Auditor-General has made Advanced Cardiac Centre was cap- some startling revelations in his italised despite non-completion. report on the Financial The report has also revealed that a Statements of the Sri sum of Rs. 1,815,368 out of Rs. Jayawardenepura General 2,515,368 spent on the installation Hospital Board for the year ending of the computer network had been December 31, 2008. capitalised and that the actual The report dated August 13, cost of the Advanced Cardiac 2009, notes numerous irregulari- Director where the depreciation Centre was understated. It has ties in the Statement. for the year was overstated by Rs. also been observed that an over Accounting deficiencies have 101,887 and that the consultancy provision of Rs. 4,327,387 has been been observed in the construction fee in connection with the con- of the official quarters of the struction of Phase II of the.