(Lanka-e-News -22.Sep.2016, 9.30PM) Minister of law and order , Sagala Ratnayake revealed that he has issued instructions to IGP Poojith Jayasundara to install CCTV cameras in the prison cells of police stations Island wide.
The minister stated this during a discussion at Jaffna district secretariat with the participation of politicos of Northern province , and senior police officers of the province.
The minister went on to comment as follows :
I told the IGP today to install CCTV cameras in the prison cells of police stations Island wide so that we can know what is happening. Besides , we can build our faith .
We are meeting at this district secretariat basedon main topics : Crimes, drugs, the need of police officers to speak in Tamil , and establishing police stations in the North.
We are taking stern measures to combat the drug menace , and after having discussions, I gave notice that I shall be coming back in two months. On that occasion, when I return I have notified, there should be no shortcomings in the police. In regard to illicit cutting of timber , sand transport and such illegal activities , the law shall be enforced against the culprits irrespective of their status and positions. I have already given instructions in this connection , and when I am coming back in two months, there should be no complaints against the police.
In addition , to overcame the language handicap , we have by now on several occasions recruited Tamil speaking policemen and policewomen . After the training they will be attached to the police stations. In the next four years , we are taking steps to recruit 25 % of Tamil speaking officers .
We are taking measures to increase the number of police stations from 450 to 600 Island wide. Since constructing buildings for the police stations will consume a lot of time , based on a long term plan we are going to house the police stations in existing buildings taken on lease in those areas. Based on that plan we can establish police stations expeditiously in the North and East. In this connection the areas covered by police powers during the period of war may have to be changed. I have given instructions today to make a study with a view to effect the changes.
Minister Vijayakala Maheswary , Northern chief minister C.V. Wigneswaran , MPs M.A.Sumenthiran ,Douglas Devananda , Northern provincial council ministers and members , IGP Poojith Jayasundara and all DIGs of the North attended the discussion.
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What may happen if there is a sudden power cut when a mala kolam matinee show is being enacted in a remand cell?The expensive CCTV digital tape will be blank, no?So instead it is more efficient to build hospitals with CCTVs. Firstly, bcause remand prisoners anyway end up in a hospital either because of police treatment or because of trumped up life-threatening diseases.Secondly, these CCTVs could be used to monitor and apprehend any physicians who seem angry at their patients because the physicians' children have not scored enough marks at Mahabalika or Mahinda to enter Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Princeton, Sorbonne or Kyoto University etc.
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