08/07/2009 - www.FirstLanka.com
Presidential clarification: Sunday Times 'Opinion Column'
Lalith Weeratunga, Secretary to President Mahinda Rajapaksa issuing a clarification from the Presidential Secretariat today… to the Editor, Sunday Times stated,-” I am directed to inform you that the change of portfolio of the Hon.Milinda Moragoda was not done through anger by the President as stated, but was done in the course of a normal shifting of  portfolios,which is a prerogative of the President, and is so understood by the Hon.Milinda Moragoda. The reference made to HE the President and minister Moragoda is unfair as well as factually incorrect… You are also informed that contrary to what is published, no other colleagues of the Hon.Milinda Moragoda who left the UNP with him, had intervened or pleaded with the President in this regard, as there was no cause for such intervention or pleading”.

Courtesy: Government Information Department…
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08/07/2009 - www.newsfirst.lk
Milinda Moragoda meets Chief Justice
Milinda Moragoda, Minister of Justice and Law Reforms met Chief Justice Ashoka N. de Silva today… at the Chief Justice's office… Meanwhile, a special meeting is scheduled between the minister and the Defence Secretary, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa tomorrow… with the participation of the Defence Secretary, and… to conduct discussions and implement an island wide programme that will effectively deal with… wave of crime sweeping across the country…
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09/07/2009 - Daily News
Privatisation of Insurance Corp.
UNP Leader should take responsibility
(by Chaminda Perera)
...said Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena... The UNP appointed a special committee chaired by then Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to look into the possibility of privatising the SLIC before it was presented to the Cabinet of Ministers in form of a proposal... Wickremesinghe as the Chairman of the committee should be held responsible for the malpractices that have reportedly taken place during this process...Addressing the weekly press briefing... the Minister said... Moragoda was a mere member of that Committee and the Supreme Court in its judgement over the SLIC privatisation has not declared that he should be responsible for this transaction…
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10/07/2009 - The Island
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Recently appointed Justice and Law Reforms Minister Milinda Moragoda,… paid a courtesy call on Chief Justice Asoka de Silva after the former assumed duties… to discuss issues pertaining to laws and related matters…
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12/07/2009 - Sunday Lakbima News
Moragoda wants death penalty
Moragoda intends to re-activate capital punishment in Sri Lanka... working... with the Inspector General of Police...and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa while garnering support from other ministers... Minister Karu Jayasuriya had... given his support...“The minister is keen on reviving the death penalty after having reaffirmed his stance that law and order should prevail now that the war was over”…
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12/07/2009 - The Nation
The Nation Politics - Talks with Indian leaders yield results - Milinda's gesture
Moragoda...expressed his willingness to give up the Ministry he was holding but also informed the President that he was prepared to function as a backbencher... Later some sections of the local media described the switch over of portfolios as a demotion to Milinda. The President who saw the media reports asked Media spokesman... to correct this piece of misinformation... "Justice is among the five most vital Cabinet portfolios…
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14/07/2009 - Daily Mirror
Analyst’s Department delays: 15,000 denied bail
The new Justice Minister... seen inspecting a guard of honour during a visit to the Welikada Prison yesterday...Around 15,00 remand prisoners have been prevented from obtaining bail due to delays in the issuing of Investigation Reports by the Government Analyst, the Commissioner General of Prisons...told the new Justice Minister Moragoda... the minister had visited... and held discussions...to look for ways to expedite matters.…
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14/07/2009 - The Island
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Minister of Justice and Law Reforms Milinda Moragoda accompanied by Deputy Minister V.Puthrasigamoney paid a visit to the Prisons headquarters yesterday. He was received by Commissioner General of Prisons Major General V.U.Silva and other high ranking officials. (Photo-Kamal Bogoda)…
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15/07/2009 - The Island
Milinda to move deserters
Justice Minister Milinda Moragoda is in the process of working out a plan to shift about 2,000 deserters held in various parts of the country to one prison…
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16/07/2009 - The Island
Prisons to get phone jammers
(by Chaminda Silva)
... An investigation by the Ministry of Justice... revealed that murders and robberies are committed with the use of mobile phones... dangerous criminals kept in high security enclosures instruct their accomplices living outside to carry out criminal activities... discussions were being held with Minister Milinda Moragoda and jamming of mobile phones would be effected shortly to sever links between prisoners and the outside world…
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