AAT orders retrospective DIG promotion for Shani Abeysekara | Daily FT
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“The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has directed the National Police Commission (NPC) to promote Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shani Abeysekara to the rank of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) with retrospective effect from 25 August 2020.”
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Two independent news sources (Sri Lanka Mirror and another news report) explicitly state that the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) ordered the National Police Commission to promote SSP Shani Abeysekara to DIG effective from August 25, 2020.
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— The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) was an Australian tribunal that conducted independent merits review of administrative decisions made under Commonwealth laws of the Australian Government. The…
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— The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) is an Australian tribunal that conducts independent merits review of administrative decisions made under Commonwealth laws of the Australian Government. The AR…
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— A tribunal, generally, is any person or institution with authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title. For example, an advocat…
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“Abeysekara, who joined the Sri Lanka Police as a Sub-Inspector on 10 February 1986”
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Three independent sources confirm the date and rank: the Shani Abeysekara Wikipedia page, the Sri Lanka Mirror, and the Daily Mirror all state he joined the Sri Lanka Police as a Sub-Inspector on February 10, 1986.
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— On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated ISIS-related terrorist suicide bombing…
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— Anura Kumara Dissanayake (born 24 November 1968), commonly referred to by his initials AKD, is a Sri Lankan politician who has served as the tenth president of Sri Lanka since 2024. Dissanayake is the…
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— Shani Abeysekara is a Sri Lankan senior police officer. A Deputy Inspector General, Abeysekara is the former and current director of Criminal Investigation Department and current Director of the Crimi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shani_Abeysekara
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“has served across multiple ranks during his career, including Inspector, Chief Inspector, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Superintendent of Police (SP), and SSP.”
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While sources confirm he held the ranks of Sub-Inspector, SSP, and DIG, there is no specific evidence in the provided text listing the intermediate ranks of Inspector, Chief Inspector, ASP, and SP as part of his career progression. The evidence confirms his high-level ranks but not the full sequence listed in the claim.
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— Shani Abeysekara is a Sri Lankan senior police officer. A Deputy Inspector General, Abeysekara is the former and current director of Criminal Investigation Department and current Director of the Crimi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shani_Abeysekara
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shani_Abeysekara
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— On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated ISIS-related terrorist suicide bombing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Sri_Lanka_Easter_bombings
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— Sadda Vidda Rajapakse Palanga Pathira Ambakumarage Ranjan Leo Sylvester Alfonso (born 11 March 1963) (රන්ජන් රාමනායක), popularly known as Ranjan Ramanayake, is a Sri Lankan actor, film director, singe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranjan_Ramanayake
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