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(Lanka-e-News, -26.April.2011, 11.45PM) Following our subsequent inquiries, it had come to light that our article captioned ‘AG’s order to free two more suspects on the grounds there are no charges against them ignored by Magistrate’, posted in our website on the 19th of April is erroneous. The news conveying ‘The Pugoda Magistrate had ignored the […]

It is wrong for the Attorney General (AG) to withdraw criminal charges filed against a suspect, Sri Lanka’s Chief Justice (CJ) said. The Chief Justice was referring to the recent withdrawal of charges against government politicians by the Attorney General. “The AG does not have powers to withdraw charges if there is evidence,” CJ Asoka