Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday (September 27, 2024) appointed Senior Deputy Inspector Normal Priyantha Weerasuriya as Appearing Police Chief, changing Deshabandu Tennakoon, who was suspended by the Supreme Court docket in July.
The transfer comes after a three-member bench of the excessive court docket issued an order that may stay in pressure till hearings on 9 elementary rights petitions filed in opposition to Mr Tennakoon are accomplished.
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Mr. Tennakoon’s suspension is expounded to a 2011 incident by which he was discovered responsible of violating the basic rights of a person via torture whereas in custody. Regardless of the Supreme Court docket’s directive on disciplinary measures, Tennakoon was appointed police chief by former president Ranil Wickremesinghe in February, with the approval of the Constitutional Council.
On July 24, the Supreme Court docket suspended Mr. Tennakoon from workplace and instructed that an interim appointment be made. Nonetheless, Mr Wickremesinghe’s authorities refused to behave on the court docket order, contemplating it an obstacle to parliamentary powers.
Previous to his appointment as Appearing Police Chief, Mr. Weerasuriya served as Senior DIG-in-Cost of North Central Province, a place he has held since March 2024.
He has served within the police for 36 years and is the primary officer within the police’s 158-year historical past to be promoted from the rank of police constable to IGP, in keeping with information portal EconomyNext.
He holds a Legislation diploma from the College of Colombo and a Bachelor of Enterprise Administration in Human Useful resource Administration.
He had served as Deputy Inspector Normal of Police (DIG) in control of Crimes and Visitors, in addition to Director of Police Logistics. He has additionally participated in United Nations peacekeeping missions in East Timor and Haiti.
Revealed – September 27, 2024 07:27 pm IST
