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COLOMBO (News 1st) :

Your Friday Morning Brief 

  1. The Island Newspaper reports that the President of the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama Mufti M.I.M. Rizvi has in a letter to the Defence Secretary mentioned that they had handed over a CD containing hate speech and detrimental activities of Zahran to former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando. 2. Concerns were raised in parliament by MP Vasudeva Nanayakkara on foreign exchange regulations of the country and the discovery of cash worth Rs. 140 million and assets worth Rs. 7 billion connected to the terrorist group responsible for the Easter Sunday attack. 3. UPFA MP S.B. Dissanayake calls for an immediate investigation on Minister Rishard Bathiudeen's assets which includes land with a value of Rs. 240 million said to have been purchased in Mannar. 4. The CID informed courts that the brother and two other associates of the suicide bomber, Alawdeen Ahmed Muad, who was responsible for the attack on St. Anthony's shrine in Kochchikade will continue to be detained and interrogated as per orders of the Defence Secretary. 5. Chairman of the Sub Committee on Higher Education under the sectoral oversight committee on Education and Human Resources Development, MP Ashu Marasinghe notes that proposals have been received by the committee to maintain the Eastern Shariya University as an affiliate of either the Kotalawela Defence University or the Ministry of Tourism. 6. Matara Chief Magistrate, Isuru Nettikumara ordered yesterday (May 09) to release actor Ryan Van Rooyen with a fine of Rs. 4000. He was arrested along with underworld kingpin 'Makandure Madush' in Dubai earlier this year. 7. The PCOI on irregularities at state institutions for the past four years is to record a statement from former Chief Justice K. Sripavan on irregularities said to have occurred in the Mahapola Scholarship Trust Fund during his term as Chairman of the fund in 2015. 8. The report prepared by the Urban Development Authority on the individuals affected by the tragic Easter Sunday attack has been handed over to His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith. 9. A 60-year-old man identified as Mohammad Aliyar said to have engaged in financial transactions with suicide bomber Zahran was arrested in Kattankudy last evening (May 09). 10. An employee of the US Department of Commerce, Chelsea Decaminada who had sustained severe injuries in the Easter Sunday attacks succumbed to her injuries while receiving treatment at a hospital in Singapore. She was on official duty at the Shangri-La hotel at the time of the attack.

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