IGP urged to ensure security for former President

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The office of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has written to IGP N.K. Illangakoon, raising fears over the security of the former President.

Rohan Weliwita, the media secretary of the former President, told the IGP in the letter that there was a concern over the failure to provide police security to Rajapaksa at an event in Hambantota yesterday.

He said that top police officers in Hambantota had been informed in advance about the events Rajapaksa was attending in the area yesterday.

Weliwita reminded the IGP that Rajapaksa had been under threat from the day he defeated the LTTE.

With Rajapaksa now set to contest the Parliamentary Elections next month, Weliwita urged the IGP to ensure adequate police security was given to the former President when he attended public events. (Colombo Gazette)

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