{"id":86631,"date":"2019-03-21T15:41:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T22:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=86631"},"modified":"2019-03-21T15:41:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T22:41:26","slug":"president-maithripala-sirisena-stands-his-ground-singapore-sheltering-mahendran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/03\/21\/president-maithripala-sirisena-stands-his-ground-singapore-sheltering-mahendran\/","title":{"rendered":"President Maithripala Sirisena stands his ground Singapore sheltering Mahendran:"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>By Saman Indrajith\u00a0 Courtesy The Island<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.island.lk\/modules\/modPublication\/article_title_images\/2013916001prez.jpg\" alt=\"article_image\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All documents necessary for the extradition of former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran had been despatched, Chief Opposition Whip UPFA MP Mahinda Amaraweera said.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Replying to JVP MP Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa in Parliament yesterday, Amaraweera said all necessary information had been diplomatically communicated in writing to the relevant authorities in Singapore.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amaraweera also told the House that President Maithripala Sirisena would brief the Singaporean authorities and the people of Sri Lanka shortly on the steps he had taken to bring Mahendran back.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The issue was taken up in Parliament after Singapore strongly rejecting President Sirisena\u2019s allegation that it was sheltering Mahendran. Singapore alleged Sri Lanka was yet to furnish required documents to support its request for extradition of the former Central Bank Governor.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The President has done everything in his capacity. The President also made a private request when he met the Singaporean Prime Minister,&#8221; Amaraweera added.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At this point JVP MP Dr Jayatissa remarked that he requested a clarification from the government, but instead it was Opposition MP Amaraweera who replied. UNP MP Mujibar Rahuman observed that it proved that the President had sided with the Opposition.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPFA MP Udaya Gammanpila said that Justice Minister Thalatha Athukorala must explain to the House why she had not provided necessary documents to the Singapore government for the extradition of Mahendran.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The President after his meeting the Singaporean Prime Minister instructed the authorities in Sri Lanka to take steps for Mahendran\u2019s extradition. Matters pertaining to extradition come under the Justice Ministry. There was an Interpol red notice on Mahendran. The Singapore\u2019s response shows that the Singaporean authorities were not even aware of that. Who blocked this message? There must have been some pressure on her to do so. Mahendran is the most wanted man in this country. She must tell the House as to who prevented her from acting against Mahendran.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saman Indrajith\u00a0 Courtesy The Island All documents necessary for the extradition of former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran had been despatched, Chief Opposition Whip UPFA MP Mahinda Amaraweera said. Replying to JVP MP Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa in Parliament yesterday, Amaraweera said all necessary information had been diplomatically communicated in writing to the relevant authorities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corruption-and-bribery","category-106"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}