{"id":131405,"date":"2014-10-07T02:13:59","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T20:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=131405"},"modified":"2014-10-18T16:33:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T11:03:55","slug":"despite-resigning-nonis-continues-to-visit-the-high-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/despite-resigning-nonis-continues-to-visit-the-high-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite Resigning, Nonis Continues To Visit The High Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colombo Telegraph learns that Sri Lanka&#8217;s High Commissioner to the UK, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Chris+Nonis&amp;x=9&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Chris Nonis<\/span><\/a>, despite resigning from his position last Monday (29) continues to visit the High Commission premises.<\/p>\n<p>Sources claim that he had visited the High Commission last weekend and had accessed his computer and backed-up\/deleted files etc. Colombo Telegraph also learns that a key to the High Commission premises is still in his possession and continues to use his official vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>These frequent visits of Dr. Nonis to the High Commission premises has led to the development of an awkward situation among the staff, as they are uncertain of how to engage with him and are also concerned on whether he might have accessed files containing sensitive information from their computers as well.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The Colombo Telegraph has been unable to reach Nonis for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">His official <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DrChrisNonis\/info\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> page still says; &#8220;Dr. Chris Nonis, the Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the UK&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Nonis2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-131407\" alt=\"Nonis\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Nonis2.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Nonis2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Nonis2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Nonis2-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">The External Affairs Monitoring MP <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Sajin+Vass+Gunawardena&amp;x=7&amp;y=0\">Sajin de Vass Gunawardena<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">, who mercilessly assaulted Nonis at a gathering in New York.\u00a0<\/span>His resignation letter that was handed over early last week was eventually accepted by the External Affairs Minister Prof. G. L. Peiris on Friday (3) upon instructions by the President who was irritated over Dr. Nonis complaining about the slapping incident to Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, who had in turn prevented Vass from meeting the Pope in Vatican.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sri Lanka&#8217;s Deputy High Commissioner to the Maldives Chanaka H. Talpahewa has been appointed as the charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires in the UK High Commission.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Related posts;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"High Commissioner Nonis Quits After Assault By Sajin Vass\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/high-commissioner-nonis-quits-after-assault-by-sajin-vaas\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">High Commissioner Nonis Quits After Assault By Sajin Vass<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Rajapaksa Told \u201cNo\u201d To Nonis\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapaksa-told-no-to-nonis\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rajapaksa Told \u201cNo\u201d To Nonis<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Nonis Resigned But Don\u2019t Quote Me: Media Minister Keheliya\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/nonis-resigned-but-dont-quote-me-media-minister-keheliya\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nonis Resigned But Don\u2019t Quote Me: Media Minister Keheliya<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Clarification And Investigation Into Nonis\u2019s Resignation Is Vital: Prof. Wijesinha\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/clarification-and-investigation-into-noniss-resignation-is-vital-prof-wijesinha\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Clarification And Investigation Into Nonis\u2019s Resignation Is Vital: Prof. Wijesinha<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Nonis Says Unable To Comment But Says He Is Sure Everyone Knows What Happened\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/nonis-says-unable-to-comment-but-says-he-is-sure-everyone-knows-what-happened\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><strong>Nonis Says Unable To Comment But Says He Is Sure Everyone Knows What Happened<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Nonis Confirms Assault And Resignation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/nonis-confirms-assault-and-resignation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nonis Confirms Assault And Resignation<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"So Who Is Sajin Vass?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/so-who-is-sajin-vass\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">So Who Is Sajin Vass?<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Comment On Sajin-Nonis Affair\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/comment-on-sajin-nonis-affair\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Comment On Sajin-Nonis Affair<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Angry President Accepts Nonis\u2019 Resignation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/angry-president-accepts-nonis-resignation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Angry President Accepts Nonis\u2019 Resignation<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Despite The Drama, Keheliya Knew All About Nonis\u2019 Assault\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/despite-the-drama-keheliya-knew-all-about-nonis-assault\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Despite The Drama, Keheliya Knew All About Nonis\u2019 Assault<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":131407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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