Switzerland asks to investigate without questioning the embassy employee

[pga]

it looks like they are fucked up now.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_...oyee-on-health-grounds-Switzerland/108-178934

Switzerland has said it would support Sri Lanka in all measures to investigate and resolve the Swiss Embassy employee matter by due process of law but that the concerned employee still cannot be questioned on health grounds.

Swiss State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl, who summoned Ambassador Karunasena Hettiarachchi, has emphasized that the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) would support all measures to investigate and resolve this matter by due process of law.

“Ms.Baeriswyl confirmed that the employee concerned still cannot be questioned on health grounds, stressing that the individual's health must take priority. She also indicated that while Switzerland had no interest in delaying investigations by the Sri Lankan authorities, the FDFA takes its responsibilities to its staff very seriously,” a statement issued by the FDFA said.

It said State Secretary Baeriswyl summoned Ambassador Hettiarachchi who is based in Berlin, to Bern in Switzerland following several demarches from the FDFA over the incident concerning an employee of the Swiss embassy in Colombo.

Ms. Baeriswyl confirmed at the meeting that Switzerland supports measures to investigate and settle this matter through due process of law. However, the employee concerned still cannot be questioned on health grounds.

In conveying this message, Ms. Baeriswyl responded to a statement issued by the Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Ministry on December 1, which questioned the embassy's presentation of the facts.

She also asked Ambassador Hettiarachchi to explain the purported evidence against the events described by the embassy, which the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs had alluded to in its press release.

She affirmed to Ambassador Hettiarachchi that Switzerland remained ready to take the necessary steps to restore confidence between Switzerland and Sri Lanka.

“At the end of November, a local employee at the Swiss embassy in Colombo was detained after being picked up from the street and threatened by unidentified men to force her to disclose embassy-related information. The FDFA responded to this incident through a series of demarches. The embassy reported the incident to the Sri Lankan authorities, calling for a swift and thorough investigation to be conducted,” the statement said.

 

[pga]

Alleged victim slapped with ’unofficial’ overseas travel ban

Following the controversy surrounding the alleged detention of an employee attached to the Swiss Embassy in Colombo, Daily Mirror learns an 'unofficial alert' had been issued at the airport to prevent the victim from leaving the country till the end of investigations.

A top government source said attempts were underway to fly the alleged victim out of the country due to claims of her ailing health, but the CID was yet to record a statement from her over the alleged detention by an unidentified group last week.

Although investigations into the complaint lodged by the Swiss Ambassador are underway, the CID said it was yet to gain access to the victim's statement.

"The alert has been issued to the airport staff as a precautionary measure. It is vital that the victim makes the statement in order to ascertain what exactly happened," the source said.

A statement by the Foreign Ministry on Sunday night said Foreign Affairs Ministry Secretary Ravinatha Aryasinha together with Defence Secretary Major General Kamal Gunaratne and relevant officials met with Swiss Ambassador Hanspeter Mock and the Deputy Chief of Mission and briefed them on the progress of the probe by the CID.

The ministry advised that while the embassy had not presented the alleged victim to be interviewed by law enforcement officials despite their request to do so, based on information provided by the Swiss Mission last Friday, the investigation was nevertheless conducted.

"The ambassador was presented with clear evidence that the sequence of events and timeline of the alleged incident, as formally presented by the Swiss mission to the CID on behalf of the victim, did not correspond with the actual movements of the victim on that date, as borne out by witness interviews and technical evidence including Uber records, CCTV footage, telephone records and GPS data," the ministry said.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_...ith-unofficial-overseas-travel-ban/108-178930

 

[ehseres]

Fuck the fucking ස්විස්සලන්ඩ්

 

[pga]

Temporary travel ban on Swiss Embassy staffer

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today issued a temporary travel ban on the Swiss Embassy employee, who was allegedly threatened by a group of unidentified men, until December 9.

Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne also ordered the concerned employee to give a statement to the CID before December 9. (Nimanthi Ranasinghe and Yoshitha Perera)

http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Temporary-travel-ban-on-Swiss-Embassy-staffer/108-178943

 

[Emios]

The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court today issued a temporary travel ban on the Swiss Embassy employee, who was allegedly threatened by a group of unidentified men, until December 9.

Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne also ordered the concerned employee to give a statement to the CID before December 9. (Nimanthi Ranasinghe and Yoshitha Perera)

http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Temporary-travel-ban-on-Swiss-Embassy-staffer/108-178943

Pucked

 

[toi]

බොරුවක් නම් කරේ මාට්ටු වෙනවා අනිවා සීඅයිඩී ප්‍රශ්න පත්තරේ එක දිගට අහගෙන අහගෙන ගියාම....

 

[asylum]

bump.

 

[pga]

Pucked

Pucked up

 

[ROCCO-X]

WTF?

 

[pga]

ස්විස් තානාපති කාර්යාලයේ සේවිකාවට විදෙස&

ස්විට්සර්ලන්ත තානාපති කාර්යාලයේ සේවය කළ ගානියාර් ෆ්‍රැන්සිස් නැමැති කාන්තාවට අධිකරණයේ අවසරයකින් තොරව මේ මස 9 දා තෙක් විදේශ ගත වීම වළක්වාලමින් කොළඹ ප්‍රධාන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් අධිකරණය අද (03) නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කළා.

මෙම නිළධාරිනිය පැහැරගෙන යාමට ලක්වූ බවට ස්විට්සර්ලන්ත තානාපති කාර්‍යාලය විසින් පැමිණිල්ලක් ඉදිරිපත් කර තිබුණත් වින්දිත තැනැත්තිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් කිසිදු අනාවරණය කිරීමක් සිදු කර නොමැති බවත් එබැවින් එම කාන්තාවගේ ප්‍රකාශයක් ලබා ගෙන නොමැති බව අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව ප්‍රධාන මහේස්ත්‍රාත් ලංකා ජයරත්න මෙනවිය වෙත දැනුම් දුන්නා.

ඇය යම් හෙයකින් විදේශ ගත වුවහොත් පරික්ෂණ කටයුතු වලට බාධා වී රට කෙරෙහි වැරැදි ආකල්පයක් ඇති විය හැකි බව අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව අධිකරණයට දැනුම් දුන්නා .

ඒ අනුව මෙම සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ප්‍රකාශයක් මීලඟ දිනට පෙර ලබා දෙන ලෙසට අධිකරණය ගානියාර් ෆ්‍රැන්සිස් නැමැත්තියට නියෝග කළ අතර දෙසැම්බර් මස 9 දා තෙක් ඇයගේ විදේශ ගමන් තාවකාලිකව අත්හිටුවීමට ද නියෝග කළා .

මෙම කාන්තාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් තානාපති කාර්‍යාලය කිසිදු අනාවරණය කිරීමක් සිදු කර නොමැති බවත් ඇය පදිංචි යැයි සැලකෙන නිවසේද ඇය දැනට නොමැති බව අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව අධිකරණයට දැනුම් දුන්නා.

එම තානාපති කාර්‍යාලයේ සේවය කළ තැනැත්තිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් තානාපති කාර්යාලය දෙවන නිලධාරියකු මගින් ලද ලිඛිත පැමිණිල්ලකට අනුව විමර්ශන ආරම්භ කර ඇති බව අපරාධ පරීක්ෂණ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව අධිකරණයට දැනුම් දුන්නා .

මෙම තැනැත්තියගෙන් ප්‍රකාශයක් ලබාගැනීමට අවශ්‍යව ඇති බැවින් යම් හෙයකින් ඇය විදේශගත වුවහොත්, පරික්ෂණ වලට බාධා සිදු විය හැකි බව පවසමින් ඇයගේ විදේශ ගමන් තාවකාලිකව අත් හිටුවන ලෙසට ඉල්ලමින් එම දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව අධිකරණයට කරුණු වාර්තා කරනු ලැබීය.

http://nethnews.lk/article/72582?fb...2WK8D_Fxt5Tp3k7Wdzthof9WYRjqAuz6mKUjfHVYblNtc

 

[pga]

Swiss state secretary calls for answers in Sri Lanka embassy incident

Swiss state secretary calls for answers in Sri Lanka embassy incident

Sri Lanka’s ambassador to Switzerland has been summoned to Bern to explain a factual dispute over the alleged intimidation of a Swiss embassy staff member in Colombo.

The Swiss foreign ministry has complained that a local employee at the Swiss embassy in Colombo was held on the street on November 25 and threatened by unidentified men to force her to disclose “embassy-related information”.

The embassy reported the incident to the Sri Lankan authorities, calling for a swift and thorough investigation.

On Sunday, the Sri Lankan foreign ministry issued a statement that questioned Switzerland’s presentation of the facts.

According to that statement, “the sequence of events and timeline of the alleged incident, as formally presented by the Swiss Mission on behalf of the alleged victim to the CID, did not in any way correspond with the actual movements of the alleged victim on that date, as borne out by witness interviews and technical evidence, including Uber records, CCTV footage, telephone records and the GPS data”.

On Monday State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl summoned to Bern the Sri Lankan ambassador to Switzerland, Karunasena Hettiarachchi, who is based in Berlin. Baeriswyl asked Hettiarachchi to explain the purported evidence that contradicts Switzerland’s version of events.

Baeriswyl emphasised to the Sri Lankan ambassador that while Switzerland had no interest in delaying investigations by the Sri Lankan authorities, the foreign ministry takes its responsibilities to its staff very seriously.

She added that Switzerland supported measures to investigate and settle the matter by due process of law. However, the employee concerned still cannot be questioned on health grounds, the Swiss foreign ministry said in a statement.

Source: Keystone-SDA

-Agencies

 

[pga]

ALLEGEDLY ABDUCTED SWISS EMBASSY OFFICER ORDERED TO GIVE A STATEMENT TO CID, FOREIGN

http://www.hirunews.lk/229503/alleg...o-cid-foreign-travels-banned-until-december-9

ALLEGEDLY ABDUCTED SWISS EMBASSY OFFICER ORDERED TO GIVE A STATEMENT TO CID, FOREIGN TRAVELS BANNED UNTIL DECEMBER 9

The Colombo Chief Magistrate Court, today, ordered Gallia Barrister Francis, the Swiss embassy local official, who was allegedly abducted, to give a statement to the CID before December 9.

Colombo Chief Magistrate Lanka Jayarathna also banned overseas travel on the Swiss Embassy female officer Gallia Barrister Francis until she gives a statement.

Appearing for the CID, IP Ranjith Munasinghe told the court that the Swiss Embassy rejected to reveal the whereabouts of the relevant female officer attached to the Embassy, and also her husband and their two children.

Meanwhile, Senior state counsel Janaka Bandara told the court that the incident would bring an impact on the country as well if it did not happen on a personal ground.

He further pointed out that a statement should be obtained from the particular female officer to investigate whether 100% of the content of the complaint is true and whether there is an invisible group operating behind the incident.

The senior counsel also informed the court that the opportunity to reveal the truth would be lost if the particular female officer leaves the island thereby leaving a black mark on the country.

Having considered the submission made by the Senior State counsel, the Magistrate imposed a travel ban on the female embassy officer and ordered her to appear before the CID and make a statement.

 

[dagayaa]

The Swiss Federal Court has ruled that the Tamil Tigers are not a criminal organisation and has acquitted 12 people of charges filed by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).

In its indictment, the OAG had accused the people of violating the Swiss Penal Code by raising funds for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) between 1999 and 2009. After its nine-year investigation, the OAG suspected the accused of financially supporting the World Tamil Coordinating Committee (WTCC).

But in June 2018 the Federal Criminal Court found that the hierarchical link between the LTTE and WTCC could not be sufficiently established. The judges also felt there was not enough proof to consider the LTTE a criminal group.

In April the OAG appealed against the verdict, insisting that the accused had supported a criminal group.

In a decision published on Tuesday the Federal Court upheld the previous ruling, noting that Article 260 in the Swiss Penal Code was designed to combat organised crime of a mafia nature. Since then it has also been applied to terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda or the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia. The LTTE was not regarded as a criminal organisation at the time of the fundraising, stated the Federal Court.

According to the court, those who procured money for the LTTE in Switzerland at that time could not assume that they would later violate the law. Even if it had carried out terrorist attacks, the LTTE’s primary objective was to be recognised as an independent ethnic community.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Tamil-Tigers-acquitted-in-Switzerland/108-178955

COLD WAR wage

 

[netlife007]

it looks like they are fucked up now.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_...oyee-on-health-grounds-Switzerland/108-178934

Switzerland has said it would support Sri Lanka in all measures to investigate and resolve the Swiss Embassy employee matter by due process of law but that the concerned employee still cannot be questioned on health grounds.

Swiss State Secretary Pascale Baeriswyl, who summoned Ambassador Karunasena Hettiarachchi, has emphasized that the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) would support all measures to investigate and resolve this matter by due process of law.

“Ms.Baeriswyl confirmed that the employee concerned still cannot be questioned on health grounds, stressing that the individual's health must take priority. She also indicated that while Switzerland had no interest in delaying investigations by the Sri Lankan authorities, the FDFA takes its responsibilities to its staff very seriously,” a statement issued by the FDFA said.

It said State Secretary Baeriswyl summoned Ambassador Hettiarachchi who is based in Berlin, to Bern in Switzerland following several demarches from the FDFA over the incident concerning an employee of the Swiss embassy in Colombo.

Ms. Baeriswyl confirmed at the meeting that Switzerland supports measures to investigate and settle this matter through due process of law. However, the employee concerned still cannot be questioned on health grounds.

In conveying this message, Ms. Baeriswyl responded to a statement issued by the Sri Lankan Foreign Affairs Ministry on December 1, which questioned the embassy's presentation of the facts.

She also asked Ambassador Hettiarachchi to explain the purported evidence against the events described by the embassy, which the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs had alluded to in its press release.

She affirmed to Ambassador Hettiarachchi that Switzerland remained ready to take the necessary steps to restore confidence between Switzerland and Sri Lanka.

“At the end of November, a local employee at the Swiss embassy in Colombo was detained after being picked up from the street and threatened by unidentified men to force her to disclose embassy-related information. The FDFA responded to this incident through a series of demarches. The embassy reported the incident to the Sri Lankan authorities, calling for a swift and thorough investigation to be conducted,” the statement said.

I think this is staged by LTTE>.........

 

[Hyaenidae]

COLD WAR wage

ඕක පළවෙනි වතාවට කරපු එකක් නෙමෙයි නෙ බං

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/court-case_no-jail-for-swiss-tamil-tiger-financiers/44190280

 

[Pakudasami]

පම්බයෙක් ජනදිපති වෙලා, පොන්නයෙක් අගමැති උනාම ඔහොම දේවල් වෙනවා

 

[silentsahan]

පම්බයෙක් ජනදිපති වෙලා, පොන්නයෙක් අගමැති උනාම ඔහොම දේවල් වෙනවා

මහින්දවත් , ගෝටවත් පොන්නයෝ නම් නෙවේ..
ප්‍රබාකරන් බල්ලා තමයි පොන්න පකයා..
වැහි නැති හෙණ ගහනවා අදටත් උගේ මිණිය
දාපු තැනට...

 

[pga]

පම්බයෙක් ජනදිපති වෙලා, පොන්නයෙක් අගමැති උනාම ඔහොම දේවල් වෙනවා

ridila hondatama

 

[pga]

The Swiss Federal Court has ruled that the Tamil Tigers are not a criminal organisation and has acquitted 12 people of charges filed by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).

In its indictment, the OAG had accused the people of violating the Swiss Penal Code by raising funds for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) between 1999 and 2009. After its nine-year investigation, the OAG suspected the accused of financially supporting the World Tamil Coordinating Committee (WTCC).

But in June 2018 the Federal Criminal Court found that the hierarchical link between the LTTE and WTCC could not be sufficiently established. The judges also felt there was not enough proof to consider the LTTE a criminal group.

In April the OAG appealed against the verdict, insisting that the accused had supported a criminal group.

In a decision published on Tuesday the Federal Court upheld the previous ruling, noting that Article 260 in the Swiss Penal Code was designed to combat organised crime of a mafia nature. Since then it has also been applied to terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda or the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia. The LTTE was not regarded as a criminal organisation at the time of the fundraising, stated the Federal Court.

According to the court, those who procured money for the LTTE in Switzerland at that time could not assume that they would later violate the law. Even if it had carried out terrorist attacks, the LTTE’s primary objective was to be recognised as an independent ethnic community.

http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Tamil-Tigers-acquitted-in-Switzerland/108-178955

COLD WAR wage

this is not new. Those poor buggers "felt there was not enough proof to consider the LTTE a criminal group".
it looks like even their legal system is rigged.

 

[malakadss]

පම්බයෙක් ජනදිපති වෙලා, පොන්නයෙක් අගමැති උනාම ඔහොම දේවල් වෙනවා

උඹට මතකද දන්නේ නෑ ඔය කියන දෙන්නගෙන් එකෙක් ජනාධිපති වෙලා අනිකා ආරක්ෂක ලේකම් වෙලා ඉන්න කාලේ රටම ලේ විලක් කරපු පොන්නයෙක්ගේ පුක ඉරුවා...ඌ මරලා පුච්චලා අළු දාපු තෑනක්වත් තාම දන්නේ නෑ, සෙල්ලම් නෑ පුතී දෑන් උන් අගමෑති ජනපති . දෑන් නම් කොහොම උඹල වගේ හොරිකඩ සක්කිලි හිගන්නුන්ට කොහොම සලකයිද දන්නේ නෑ