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Newly elected LG member arrested over Kandy unrest, other suspects re-remanded until April 10

29Mar

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Newly elected LG member arrested over Kandy unrest, other suspects re-remanded until April 10

The Terrorist Investigation Division has arrested a newly elected local government member in connection with the attacks on mosques and Muslim businesses in the Digana area of the Kandy Administrative District during the communal clashes earlier this month. The suspect, identified as Kumara Mohottige Samantha Perera alias Araliya Samantha residing at Digana, No: 302, Rajawella (01), is a member elected to the Kundasale Pradeshiya Sabha from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, the police said. He was arrested by the TID last night based on the investigations being carried out by the TID regarding the damages caused to businesses and places of worship in the Digana Town in the Theldeniya Police Division on March 5 and acting in a manner causing violence and hate between communities. Th...

Victims of Kandy violence to receive payments for damages today

19Mar

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Victims of Kandy violence to receive payments for damages today

The Kandy District Secretariat states that compensation will be distributed for properties damaged due to the recent violence in Kandy at 10.00 am on Monday, March 19. Compensations will be given to the owners of businesses and residences damaged by the Sinhalese mob attacks earlier this month. Accordingly, Rs. 500,000 each will be paid to the families of the people died and Rs. 100,000 for each business or house damaged in the violence. During a visit to Kandy last week, Prime Minister Rani Wickremesinghe instructed the officials to assess the damages to the houses, religious places and vehicles and pay compensations appropriately. It was note that there were 87 completely damaged and 196 partially damaged properties including 14 mosques. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Army troops ha...

13Mar

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Voices grow against social media ban

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Chathuri Dissanayake The State-imposed thorny ban on social media looks set to drag on till at least Thursday (15 March), after a high-level meeting yesterday failed to agree on a timeline for restrictions, despite numerous pleas from the private sector, rights activists and top diplomats. The Presidential Secretariat hosted a meeting of all stakeholders, including Telecom Regulatory Commission (TRC) officials, who issued a directive to telecommunications companies to ban social media apps such as WhatsApp, Viber and Facebook last Wednesday (7 March) as the country reeled from violent communal clashes in the Kandy District. The move cut access to about six million users, including many hundreds of businesses, self-employed and entrepreneurs, who depend on the...

Prime Minister instructs to expedite payment of compensation to Kandy victims

12Mar

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Prime Minister instructs to expedite payment of compensation to Kandy victims

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that measures will be taken to promptly assess the damage incurred to the properties due to the recent communal clashes in the Kandy district by Friday (16th) and provide compensation to the victims. This was stated by the Prime Minister at a meeting held at the District Secretariat following a tour in the area where serious damage was inflicted by the Sinhalese mob on Muslim properties, homes and businesses. The Prime Minister yesterday led a ministerial delegation with a view to evaluate developments in the aftermath of the recent violence in the Kandy district. The Premier noting that according to the documents received so far an assessment of houses, religious places and vehicles that had been completely destroyed need to be done and th...