MONK ARRESTED OVER MURDER IN GALL

June 29, 2013 

A Buddhist monk has been arrested in connection with a murder which took place in the Labuduwa area in Galle.

The monk had allegedly assaulted an individual at a temple in Labuduwa recently while the victim, who was in critical condition, succumbed to injuries last night.

The deceased is said to be a 44-year-old father of two and was a former Police Constable (PC).  

The monk was arrested by following investigations into the incident by Galle Police and is schedule to be produced before court. 

Case transferred to Cbo due to threats-

British tourist’s killing:

June 28, 2013

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) yesterday informed the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court that the case of the murder of British tourist Kuram Shaikh had been transferred to Colombo due to the suspects allegedly threatening witnesses.

The case which was initially heard at the Tangalle Magistrate’s court was taken up in Colombo yesterday after the Attorney General’s department requested the transfer on special grounds.

The court directed suspects not to interfere with witnesses, while ordering them to appear in court on Nov. 1.

British Member of Parliament Simon Danczuk recently urged Premier David Cameron to boycott the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) over the failure on the part of the Sri Lankan government to conduct a proper investigation. The British media quoted Danczuk as having said: "Despite assurances from the government that there would be a swift and straight forward trial this is going nowhere and ministers and police are sitting on their hands.

Every year thousands of British tourists visit Sri Lanka … and what happened to Khuram could happen to anyone. It’s not enough to keep building tourist resorts if there is no rule of law and tourists can be brutally killed for any apparent reason."