Thursday, 08 May 2025
MR’s Army protection restored

MR’s Army protection restored Featured

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa says that the decision of the Defence Ministry to remove his Army protection was halted by President Maithripala Sirisena.

Accordingly, the 103 Army personnel in his security squad will remain in their posts, the 'Divaina' reports citing Rajapaksa.

The MoD had recently decided to deploy policemen to the security of Rajapaksa after removing the Army security and Defence secretary - Karunasena Hettiarachchi officially informed of this at the Cabinet Press briefing on April 07.

(Divaina)

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