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Application to exhume Schaffter’s body for further investigation
The five-member special forensic expert committee appointed to further investigate businessman Dinesh Schaffter’s death, has written to the Colombo Magistrate’s Court seeking authority to exhume his body to ascertain the cause of his death.
The letter was submitted to the Court on Thursday and the judge said that a new date would be fixed for hearing when an order will be given to the CID based on the committee’s request.
On February 27, the Colombo Additional Magistrate ordered the appointment of the five-member expert committee to make a report on Schaffter’s death. He called for a list of senior Judicial Medical Officers (JMOs) from the Director General of Health Services. A similar list of forensic specialists in the university system was requested from the University Grants Commission.
Upon receiving the two lists, the experts’ committee was appointed to examine the matter as contradictions have been observed in the post-mortem reports.
The 52-year-old Schaffter was found tied up in the driving seat of his car at the Borella Cemetery on December 15, 2022, and died the following day due to a cardiac arrest while receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital. The Homicide and Organized Crimes Division of the CID is conducting the investigation together with the Borella police.
Tomorrow (03 October) is World Temperance Day and the Department of Excise has announced that all liquor shops will remain closed.
Minister of State for Technology, Kanaka Herath during a news conference held at the Presidential Media Centre today (02), under the theme ‘Collective path to a stable country’ announced that Sri Lanka will introduce the new motor vehicle revenue license system (eRL 2.0) on the 7th of this month. He emphasized that this program will be implemented in all provinces except for the Western Province.
With the introduction of eRL 2.0, vehicle revenue licenses could be obtained through the online system, a program jointly executed by the State Ministry of Technology and the Information and Communication Technology Association of Sri Lanka (ICTA).
The tribute ceremony for senior journalist Edmund Ranasinghe, the founding editor and editorial director of the ‘Divaina’ newspaper and one of Sri Lanka’s most esteemed journalists, is scheduled for tomorrow (03rd October) at 3:00 pm at the Presidential Secretariat. President Ranil Wickremesinghe will preside over this event, which marks the initiation of a program conceptualized by the President to honour senior journalists who have made significant contributions to journalism in the country.
In appreciation of Mr. Ranasinghe’s seven decades of dedicated work in the media, a book titled ‘Edmond’s Newspaper Revolution,’ compiled by the 93-year-old journalist himself, will be published.
The keynote speech at this tribute ceremony will be delivered by Mr. Upali Tennakoon, the former Editor-In-Chief of the Island and Rivira newspapers, currently residing in the United States of America.
Mr. Edmond Ranasinghe embarked on his media career as a journalist at the Lake House, ‘Daily News’ newspaper in 1952. In 1973, while serving as the News Editor and holding the title of Deputy Editor, he resigned from his position in protest of the government’s takeover of the Lake House.
In 1977, Mr. Ranasinghe was reappointed as the Editor of ‘Dinamina’ by invitation from Lake House and later he also took on the role of Editor at Silumina.
In 1981, he became the founding Editor of the ‘Divaina’ newspaper, revolutionizing journalism in Sri Lanka and elevating it to unprecedented popularity in a short span of time. In 2016, at the age of 86, Mr. Ranasinghe once again assumed the role of Editor at ‘Silumina,’ further showcasing his enduring commitment to journalism.
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