Author: uslanka

පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී කුමාර වෙල්ගම මහතාගේ නිවසට කිසිවකු ඇතුල්වී තිබෙනවා. බොස්ටන් අප කල විමසුමට පිළිතුරු දෙමින් මන්ත්‍රීවරයා පැවසුවේ ජනේලයක් කඩා දමා ඇති බවත් කිසිවක් සොයන්නට තැත් කර ඇති බවයි

නිවසේ කිසිවක් සොරාගෙන නොමැති අතර මේ පිළිබදව පරීක්ෂණ පොලිසිය විසින් දියත් කරමින් සිටී

කෙසේ වෙතත් අප කල විමසුමට පිළිතුරු දෙමින් වෙල්ගම මහතා සදහන් කළේ කිසිවක් සොරාගෙන නොමැති බවත් තමන්ව බය කරන්නට කල දෙයක් දැයි සැකයක් ඇති බවයි. කෙසේ වෙතත් සිය දේශපාලන තීරණය වෙනස් නොවන බවද ඔහුව කිසිවෙකුට බය කිරීමට නොහැකි බවද ඔහු වැඩි දුරටත් සදහන් කළා.

Australian politician, One Nation MLC, Mark Latham has settled a defamation suit with a University of NSW student from Sri Lanka he accused of “plotting to kill senior federal MPs”.

PhD student Mohamed Nizamdeen, 26, was suing Latham in the Federal Court over multiple tweets from the former Labor leader in August last year that he alleged were defamatory, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Nizamdeen had been charged with terrorism offences following the discovery of a notebook containing potential plans to attack Sydney landmarks and plots to kill former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and his former deputy Julie Bishop.

But the accusations were later dropped and Nizamdeen was cleared of any wrongdoing, with police instead charging Arsalan Khawaja, the brother of Australian cricket star Usman Khawaja, over the plot which turned out to be fake. One of Mr Latham’s tweets accused Mr Nizamdeen of “plotting to kill senior federal MPs and blow up Sydney Opera House and police/train stations”, while another urged people to “try avoiding” the student “and his mates”. Two of the tweets remained online months after Mr Nizamdeen was cleared by police.

A court hearing was due to begin this week but Mr Latham and Mr Nizamdeen signed off on a confidential settlement, Mr Nizamdeen’s lawyer said on Wednesday. While the amount is secret, industry experts say the damages and court costs would amount to more than $100,000. Nizamdeen left for Sri Lanka after he was cleared, his lawyer Moustafa Kheir of Birchgrove Legal said in a statement on Wednesday.

“We are pleased to announce that the claim against Mr Latham has now settled,” he said.

In April Mr Latham asserted through his lawyer that the accusations were his “honest opinion” and caused little harm. However the next day he tweeted his apology over the comments.

“On 31 August 2018 I published a tweet about Mohamed Kamer Nilar Nizamdeen. My tweet made serious allegations against Nizamdeen,” Mr Latham said. “At the time I published the tweet I held the honest belief that the allegations were true; however, I have recently learned that Nizamdeen was falsely accused and that the allegations were incorrect.

“I unreservedly apologise to Mr Nizamdeen and retract the allegations made about him in my tweet.” The Sydney Morning Herald contacted Latham’s office for a response to this story. A spokeswoman said he was unable to comment due to the settlement being confidential. Mr Latham, One Nation’s leader in NSW, was elected to the state’s upper house in March with his term expiring in 2027