Wasantha Mudalige and two others to be held for 90-days under the Prevention of Terrorism Act
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has granted approval to detain and interrogate the Convener of the Inter-University Students’ Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige, Activist Hashantha Jeewantha Gunathilake, and Galwewa Siridhamma Thera for a period of 90-days under the Prevention of Terrorism Act.
Last Thursday (August 18), after a protest march held by the IUSF in Colombo, the police arrested Wasantha Mudalige who had been issued a warrant at that time with Activist Hashantha Jeewantha Gunathilake, Galwewa Siridhamma Thera.
On August 19, the Defence Ministry had issued detention orders for them to be detained and questioned for 72 hours while police had said they would seek 90-day detention orders from the Defence Ministry.
Accordingly, President Ranil Wickramasinghe who is also the Defence Minister of Sri Lanka has granted this approval as per a request made by Sri Lanka Police, and Police Spokesperson SSP Attorney-at-Law Nihal Thalduwa confirmed this to the media.
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Get the Israeli security companies to help with decrypting WhatsApp and other encrypted messages on mobile phones. We need to find who financed, hatch the plan and trained the top insurgents.
Yes, Ms. Indra this is a good suggestion: Pegasus is spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group that can be covertly installed on mobile phones (and other devices) running most versions of iOS and Android. Pegasus is able to exploit iOS versions up to 14.7, through a zero-click exploit.
Yes, intelligent services in western countries use it. So, why not SL?
Good news! Although I am just disappointed that it is not for 190 days. I am sure our resident radical red-brother “doctor” here is going to have a hissy fit over this! Ha!