Former Director General of now defunct Media Center for National
Security Lakshman Hulugalle has been appointed as the Deputy
Commissioner of Sri Lanka High Commission in Australia and is expected
to assume duties on 1st July say reports.
The proposal to appoint Mr. Hulugalla
for the post was presented to cabinet meeting by Minister G.L. Peiris
amidst protests by several ministers. Meanwhile, media has reported that
the President had said any step should be taken to send Mr. Hulugalle
away from the country as his stay in the country would be a headache for
him.
Mr. Hulugalle is the person who
played a main role in the ‘Salaka’ gambling den incident. He was
hospitalized twice due to consuming overdoses of sleeping tablets.
An Old Boy of St. Anne's College,
Kurunegala Hulugalle was DG of the Media Center for National Security
ever since the government came into power in 2009
Source - http://www.timeslanka.com/2014/04/10/lakshman-hulugalle-appointed-as-dy-high-commissioner-to-sri-lanka-mission-in-australia/
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