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Rajapaksa-era foreign minister G.L. Peiris warns terror bill would give military police powers

Rajapaksa-era foreign minister G.L. Peiris warns terror bill would give military police powers by Thara Thu, 29/10/2026 - 08:47 Body G.L. Peiris. File photograph G.L. Peiris, who as Sri Lanka’s foreign minister defended the Rajapaksa governments against war crimes accountability at the UN, has warned that the government’s proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill would give the Sri Lankan armed forces police powers and hand sweeping detention powers to the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence. Speaking to the media at former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office on Flo…