In brief
Illegal
MP Joseph Pararajasingham has complained to the Sri Lankan Human Rights Commission (HRC) that Anthony Thayananthan, arrested in 1992 and believed disappeared, is held in an illegal secret detention centre near the Maharagama Cancer Hospital, 12 miles south-east of Colombo.
Extended
India announced on 12 May that the ban on the LTTE will be extended by two years. India first proscribed the LTTE in May 1992 following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in May 1991.
Clarification
Reports say that the US sought clarification from the Sri Lankan government after Foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar said on 15 May, in the wake of Indian nuclear tests, that Sri Lanka was not opposed to India becoming a nuclear power.
Intelligence
According to press reports in May, Sri Lanka’s intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) will be divided into two, one for internal and the other for external intelligence gathering.
Blast
Two masked gunmen escaped after blasting a section of the tea factory on Hill Country’s Shannon Estate in Hatton, with bombs on 1 June causing damage estimated at Rs 2.5 million ($38,500). The police say a Tiger unit has infiltrated the tea plantation areas.
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