NPC chair writes to MR over security

By admin on July 2, 2014

The chairman of the Northern Provincial Council (NPC) C V K Sivagnanam, has written to President Mahinda Rajapaksa urging him to continue giving police security to members of the council.

Sivagnanam said that four members of the council had raised concerns over their police security being withdrawn and the issue was raised at an NPC sitting recently.

Sivagnanam urged President Mahinda Rajapaksa to instruct the Secretary to the Ministry of Law and Order and the Police Chief to reinstate the police security for the four members and also for others in the NPC who need security.

Police spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana had said last week that the police security had been withdrawn on the basis that the provincial council members must make a request to the Ministry of Law and Order to obtain such security.

He said that police security had earlier been provided by the Ministry of Defence when the police operated directly under the Defence Ministry.

However now that the police is under the Ministry of Law and Order the provincial council members must put forward a fresh request for security, the police spokesman said. (Colombo Gazette)