According to army sources, the soldiers of the Guard Battalion have been completely withdrawn from the forward defence lines and replaced by another battalion after the incident. UNP leader for HK handover Opposition and UNP leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe will leave for Hong Kong tomorrow as a guest to attend the functions of the official handover of the British colony to China. Before Mr. Wickremesinghe leaves the country he will visit former President, D.B. Wijetunga who is ailing and undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Kandy. Earlier Mr. Wickremesinghe was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Premadasa commemorative meeting organised by the Premadasa Centre to be held at the Sugathadasa Stadium today. The final round of the All Island Interschool Sinhala drama contest organised by the YMBA Colombo was held at the YMBA Hall in Borella yesterday.
Picture shows a scene from one of the plays in the finals.
The Attorney General's Department has set up a special unit to assist investigations into sexually exploited children, Deputy Solicitor General C.R. de Silva said. Accordingly, in child-abuse cases a team of state counsel will step in at the very outset of investigations thereby helping the police on legal implications involved, at the initial stage itself. All state counsel have been advised to be vigilant particularly in this connection and bring incidents of sexual exploitation of children reported in the print or electronic media to the notice of the unit. If it is found on examination that the sentence given is inadequate, the unit will move Court for a revision, Mr. de Silva said. The public too can feed such information by writing to the unit through the A.G.'S Department.