In brief
Pressure
Sri Lanka’s ambassador to the United States, Warnasena Rasaputram, accused Britain, on 26 August, of allowing a base for the LTTE in London and said that he expected the US to pressurize the UK to close Tiger offices. Britain has denied Sri Lankan accusations that the shooting incident in Southall, Middlesex, at a cricket tournament organised by the expatriate Tamil community on 31 August, was linked to terrorism.
Petition
Sinhala journal Ravaya editor Victor Ivan petitioned the Chief Justice GPS de Silva in August, accusing the Attorney General (AG) Sarath Silva of suppressing evidence in the charges of rape and misappropriation against magistrate Lenin Ratnayake. Mr Sarath Silva is expected to be appointed as the next Chief Justice.
Deal
Police questioned Sunday Leader’s editor Lasantha Wickrematunge on 20 August, after the Colombo newspaper alleged that Presidential Media Advisor Sanath Gunathillake was involved in a corrupt deal with a businessman.
Children
Colombo Tamil newspaper Virakesari says that a recent survey in Kilinochchi among 11,846 children below five years of age, shows that 54.8% are malnourished and 29.4 suffer severe malnutrition. Virakesari further says that this is a 17.2% increase from 1993.
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