Police powers

Image: Sri Lanka Police in action in Tamil dominated Jaffna. (Credit corporatewatch.org) The Association of Chiefs of Police (Rtd.) of Sri Lanka has passed a resolution against completely devolving to the Provincial Councils the subject of Law and Order in its recently held AGM. This resolution is based on wrong information and flawed conclusions. This is  an […]

The Standing Committee on Rule of Law of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) called on the National Police Commission (NPC) to take immediate action to interdict police officers who assaulted students recently or to at least place them on compulsory leave pending investigations. Chairman of the Standing Committee on Rule of Law of […]

By Lacile de Silva. In the past, respective governments appointed different commissions to look into — a crisis in the policing system in 1945; even worse problems in 1970; graver problems owing to severe politicization etc. in 1995. Since the 1970s, the politicians began interfering with the police and created serious law and order issues […]

English language Daliy Mirror reports that another suspect in the police custody has died after drowning. The newspaper does not probe the circumstances of the alleged incident other than publishing the police version. In recent times according o the police, number of suspects in their custody have jumped in to rivers while being hand cupped […]

SSP AJith Rohana: A UPFA policeman The UNP today demanded the immediate resignation of the Police Media Spokesman, accusing him of issuing statements favoring the ruling UPFA regarding the arrest of a UNP candidate, ahead of Provincial polls.  UNP Western Provincial Council candidate Royce Fernando was arrested last week in connection with an armed robbery […]

An investigation has been launched into an incident, where a Superintendent of Police (SP) is alleged to have paraded, and had thereafter cut the hair of three suspects in public, the DIG in charge of the Anuradhapura Division, B.A.D. Padmasiri, said.The three suspects, who are alleged to have burgled a house in Rajangane, in the […]

A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission On July 3rd 2013, President Mahinda Rajapaksha published a gazette that authorized the armed forces to engage in “the maintenance of public order”. Last week, he announced a new ministry under the title “the Ministry of Law and Order”. By these two acts, the Sri Lankan civilian […]

Bill gives police a free hand The Frontline Socialist Party yesterday called upon the people to rise up against the government’s plan to bring in new laws in order to extend the period of detention of persons arrested without a warrant. The FSP politburo, in a statement, said that a draft bill had been presented […]