UN associate leaves Colombo due to extortion thereat
Programme associate at the UN office in Colombo leaves city with her family due to extortion thereat says Mano Ganesan
Vasuki Mahendran, a programme associate at the Finance section of the United Nations country office in Colombo has left Colombo today 26 th June afternoon with her husband and children due to extortion threat. Before exit, she has lodged a complaint with Civil Monitoring Commission says CMC convener Mano Ganesan MP.
Ganesan further said, Vasuki and Mahendran live at Havelock road. They have received extortion demand over the phone on Sunday night 10.45pm. The extortionists had demanded five million rupees to be paid not later than Monday morning 11am in Dehiwela. They have had asked Mahendran to bring the money in his vehicle.
Vasuki and Mahendran have also told CMC that their household at Havelock road was searched by army on June 19 th evening 5.45pm.
The army officers had claimed that they had come for the search after receiving an anonymous telephone call that Mahendran household was harboring a “three wheeler”.
[Fulll text of CMC News Release]
CIVIL MONITORING COMMISSION (CMC)
Monitoring involuntary Disappearances, Abductions, Extra Judicial Killings,
Extortions and Arbitrary arrests and detentions in SRI LANKA
(Chairman) Sirithunga Jayasooriya
(Convener) Mano Ganesan MP
(Members) Luxman Kiriella MP, Suresh Premachandran MP
