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CWE paid 200,000 USD to UB 40- Peoples Alliance
Bandula Jayasekara in Colombo,
SLT 4.30 p.m Friday 28 March.
Peoples Alliance Member of Parliament Nimal Siripala Silva said today that
the Co-operative Wholesale Establishment (CWE) had paid USD 200,000 to the
London based musical group UB 40 when the CWE is undergoing financial
difficulties. Silva said that the CWE had taken an Over Draft from the
Hatton National Bank on 21 November last year for this purpose. Addressing
the Peoples Alliance weekly media conference the MP said that the Auditor
General had questioned the Chairman of the CWE as to why they remitted
200,000 USD in Barclays in London without following proper procedures and at
a time the CWE in financial difficulties. He said that according to the
Auditor Generals query the amount is not mentioned in any CWE books and not
accounted for either. Silva said that the CWE had remitted the amount
against government and CWE financial and accounting procedures. He added
"The Auditor General says that there is no justification to pay such a big
amount from CWE money. This amounts to clear misappropriation and the CWE
chairman is answerable for this. We commend the Auditor General for his
courage " UB 40 was in Sri Lanka last December for a peace concert. They
performed at the R. Premadasa stadium in Colombo.
Published: Fri Mar 28 05:34:44 EST 2003
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IT'S NOT CRICKET, STUPID, IT'S COMPUTERS, LOVELY COMPUTERS
Fulbright Scholar Brings Computers to Urban Disadvantaged Children in
Colombo, Sri Lanka.
By Chulie de Silva, Colombo.
You would think on a warm Saturday morning, children in Sri Lanka
would be watching a cricket match and cheering on their heroes. No,
not in Kew Road, Slave Island, a multi-ethnic enclave just five
minutes away from the exclusive Trans Asia Hotel in Colombo's central
down town area. The cricket match played on at the Malay Cricket Club,
on Saturday 25, January but thirty children were flocked round five
computers in a little rectangular room of the Vocational Training
Center (VTC) run by the Sri Lanka Malay Association's (SLMA) Rupee
Fund. [More...]
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Vaiko's speech an act of terrorism: Centre
The Hindu,
MARCH 29..
The Central Government has submitted in the Supreme Court that the MDMK leader, Vaiko's speech made at a public meeting, near Madurai, in June last constituted an act of terrorism under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA).In its counter-affidavit to Mr. Vaiko's petition challenging the constitutional validity of POTA, the Centre said, "the petitioner has been drawing support for LTTE, a banned terrorist organisation" which was responsible for the assassination of the former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. And "the words flowing from the petitioner constitute an act of terrorism" under POTA.
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Published: Sat Mar 29 21:49:08 EST 2003
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European truce monitors in Sri Lanka say no conclusive evidence that Tamil rebels behind attack on Chinese boat
Associated Press,
Fri March 28, 2003 09:58 EST .
- - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - (AP) European truce monitors in Sri Lanka - said Friday there was no conclusive evidence to show that Tamil Tiger rebels were behind a deadly attack on a Chinese fishing boat that killed 17 people. ``This is a serious crime and a terrorist act ... (but) there is no verifiable information to conclude that either the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam or the Sri Lanka - navy were responsible for the attack,'' said Hagrup Haukland, deputy head of the monitors. ``If both parties are not responsible then obviously there is a third armed element operating in the area who needs to be hunted down, disarmed and charged,'' Haukland said. He did not elaborate. Pirates are not known to operate in the area. The European mission, which is monitoring a cease-fire between the government and rebels, handed over its inquiry into the incident to both sides Friday. The government is conducting a separate investigation. The government and the rebels signed the truce on Feb. 22 last year, ending 19 years of fighting that has killed nearly 65,000 people. They have held six rounds of peace talks so far. Both sides are set to meet on April 24 to discuss how to avoid sea battles that have posed the greatest threats to the island's peace process. Separately, rebel negotiators returned to Sri Lanka - Friday after the most recent round of peace talks in Japan. The talks ended last week, but the team stayed to hold discussions with Japanese officials and toured several cities, including Hiroshima, rebel sources said.
Published: Fri Mar 28 10:49:06 EST 2003
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Protest against US led war
