Habaraduwa hotel worker arrested
Habaraduwa police have arrested a hotel steward
for allegedly raping a twenty eight-year-old Swedish woman tourist
on Friday night following a complaint made by the woman at the
Habaraduwa police station. The victim was produced before the
Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) at the Karapitiya Teaching hospital
for examination and report. The suspect will be produced in court,
the Police Media spokesman, (SP) Ajit Rohana told the Sunday
Observer.
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Sunday CRIME
Law strengthened to curb smoking in public places
The effort to circumvent the law by
manufacturers of beedi producers has been thwarted following the
decision of the Court of Appeal recently. Although white Beedi
manufacturers argued that their product does not fall within the
ambit of law under the Tobacco Tax Act No 8 of 1999 and Tobacco Tax
(Amendment) Act No 9 of 2004,
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