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Stalin accuses police of attempting to disrupt protest
By Rathindra Kuruwita
Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) General Secretary Joseph Stalin yesterday accused the police of attempting to disrupt Wednesday’s anti-government protest.
Stalin said that a team of police officers had arrived at Guru Medura to hand over a letter indicating the areas protesters were prohibited from entering. However, no one had accepted the letter.
“Police had been visiting union offices even before protests started. What kind of a joke is this? These are attempts to disrupt the protest and intimidate organisers,” Stalin said.
The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) urged the police not to violate fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution by invoking the provisions of the Police Ordinance.
The HRCSL made that statement after a group of representatives of the unions complained that the police were attempting to intimidate them and misusing provisions of the Police Ordinance to deprive them of their right to express dissent.
The HRCSL also deployed a team of officers to observe the protest.
It has been reported that the death toll in the Gerandi Ella accident which took place this morning has risen to 21. It has also been reported that the government wil rs 1 million as compensation to the families of the victims.
It has been reported that the death toll in the Gerandi Ella bus accident has risen to 11
It has been reported that Eight persons [five males and three females] have died when a SLTB bus operating from Kataragama to Kurunegala via Nuwara Eliya, veered off the road and went down a precipice early morning today (11) in Gerandi Ella in Ramboda along the Nuwara Eliya – Gampola main road, Police said.
At least 37 others injured in the accident, have been admitted to the Nuwar Eliya and Kothmale hospitals.
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