{"id":188229,"date":"2018-03-05T15:30:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=188229"},"modified":"2018-03-05T17:08:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T11:38:02","slug":"ranil-admits-lapses-in-law-enforcement-related-to-anti-muslim-assaults-in-ampara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ranil-admits-lapses-in-law-enforcement-related-to-anti-muslim-assaults-in-ampara\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranil Admits Lapses In Law Enforcement Related To Anti-Muslim Assaults In Ampara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ranil+Wickremesinghe\">Ranil Wickremesinghe<\/a> in his capacity as the Minister of Law and Order has acknowledged that there are complaints of lapses in enforcing the law with respect to the \u2018unfortunate incident that occurred in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ampara\">Ampara<\/a> recently.\u2019<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_167367\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Ranil-W.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167367\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Ranil-W.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Ranil-W.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Ranil-W-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-167367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ranil<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wickremesinghe, in a media release, further stated that there are reports claiming that the B Report submitted by the Police to the Courts was incomplete.<\/p>\n<p>He has accordingly instructed the DIG in charge of the Batticaloa District to conduct a full inquiry into the incident, while insisting that the Ministry of Law and Order will ensure that the law will be properly enforced and thereby public confidence enhanced.<\/p>\n<p>Wickremesinghe has also expressed gratitude to the Maha Sangha and the Muslim Maulavis as well as regional media practitioners and others for their efforts to maintain peace during the tense period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":161139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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