News - odds and ends

News - Odds and Ends

Detention goes unexplained

A Tamil employee of the President’s Office was on the way to Kandy with two of his friends, when they were stopped at a police checkpoint at Weliveriya. The men produced their National ID Cards as required, but not satisfied, the men were taken to the Warakapola Police station. The President’s Office man kept mum about his high connections while the policemen interrogated them.

The detention period lasted several hours by which time the policemen had come to realise that one of the men was someone working closely with the Chief Executive of the country himself. Finally, a call from a DIG resulted in their release. There was no explanation as to why they were held without any reason for nearly ten hours.

Push for snail mail

The postal service is to get a boost soon with the addition of 1,507 new postmen to the service. The move is intended to maintain an efficient postal service, according to Cabinet spokesman and Media Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa.

The more the merrier!

Parliament approved 43 new pieces of legislation last year. Of these, 14 were Finance Bills, ten were presented by the Justice Ministry, mainly relating to prevention of crimes and three by the Foreign Affairs Ministry to give effect to international conventions.

More and more laws, and more and more people breaking them as well.

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