Jayasiri Wijenath appointed Prisons Commissioner-General

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Former Additional Secretary to the Labour Ministry, T.M. Jayasiri Wijenath Thennakoon has been appointed as the new Prisons Commissioner-General, the Justice and Prison Reforms Ministry said.

It said the Cabinet approved the appointment and that Mr. Thennakoon replaced Nishan Dhanasinghe who functioned in the post since November 2015.

Mr. Thennakoon will assume duties as the Prisons Commissioner-General next week.(DS)

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Gratiaen Hewa Thursday, 07 March 2019 09:11 PM

Hope the new Prisons Com. General will get the Augean stable cleaned up making it his ist priority task.

HP Friday, 08 March 2019 02:44 AM

A senior high ranking officer must appointed Prison Commissioner. What do senior Public Servants know about Prison work. Why not appoint a civil servants IGP and Army Commanders

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