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US Human Rights Report on Sri Lanka is actually about the USA!
Dilrook Kannangara
Seven years after being abducted from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, by the CIA and shipped to the U.S. air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, Haji Pacha Wazir was hoping he would finally be free. (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/08/afghanistan-.html) CIA- the notorious secret service - the modern day equivalent of Schutzstaffel or SS has abducted practitioners of Islam around the world in what it calls ‘war on terror’. Victims, mostly innocent family men practicing the Islam faith, are abducted and taken to torture chambers around the world onboard C-130 Hercules planes. This happened even today and there is no end in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/10)

OPEN LETTER TO DIRECTOR GENERAL IMMIGRATION & EMIGRATION-P.B.ABEYKONE -PLEASE IVESTIGATE
By Stanley Perera
My dear Mr. Abeykone, A Sri Lankan living in Italy in the past 25 years arrived at Katunayake Air Port by UL563 on 06.03.2007 at 0500. W.M.Luxman Cyril Wickremaratne was the first passenger to arrive at the immigration counter. The immigration officer at the first glance at the passport said that there is no departure stamp and needs to be referred to the CID. Mr. Wickremaratne replied and said that the seal is there and asked for the passport back to show the departure stamp that was with the date 15-Oct-2007 with the seal number 200.... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/10)

Moon barking up the wrong tree
 Island Editorial -Courtesy The Island  
 The UN is behaving like a jackal at the beck and call of the West bent on removing from its path strong leaders of the global south, who refuse to fall in line. UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon seems to be having sleepless nights trying to figure out how to fix Sri Lanka's political and military top brass, who crushed the LTTE's military muscle once and for all, for having committed the crime of ruffling the feathers of the US and its allies, which made an abortive attempt to save Prabhakaran and his... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/10)

Ship-bound Tamil refugees need help...?
Nihal Perera Toronto, Canada
Attention: Mr. Joe Fiorito-- The Toronto Star One Young Street Toronto, ON M5E 1E6  Dear Mr. Fiorito,  I am amazed at the degree of gullibility and naivety you have shown in the following article..... As a Toronto Star Columnist, you seem to have been taken for a ride by the Tamil Tiger (LTTE) supporters in Canada, to publish a well-orchestrated story in order to garner sympathy for the bogus Tamil refugees, whose entry has been denied by many Asian countries - rightly so.  First, almost all these so-called Tamil refugees are not real refugees -... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/10)

Milinda makes donation to Hindu College, Bambalapitiya -Rejects campaign extravagance.
Gamini Sarath Godakanda
As part of his no-frills campaign to put the focus of the elections back on the community, the Leader of the Sri Lanka National Congress (SLNC), Milinda Moragoda today presented a donation to the Hindu College, Bambalapitiya. The donation, which will be used towards the restoration and extension of the roof of the 76 kovil, was handed over to the the Principal of the College, Mr. T. Muthukumarasamy and Deputy Principal, T. Vijayaratnam by SLNC General Secretary R. A. D. Sirisena. President of the All Ceylon Hindu Congress (ACHC), T. Neelakandan, speaking on the occasion, praised... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 16/03/10)

U.S. report vague, says Colombo
B. Muralidhar Reddy
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has dubbed the U.S. State Department's annual human rights report vague, non-specific and unverifiable information. In a statement here, the Ministry of Human Rights and Disaster Management said the State Department report appeared to fall short of the high standards that the State Department professed to uphold. Colombo and Washington have been involved in war of words for several months now over the alleged violation of human rights in the course of the 34-month-long Eelam War IV. Last year, the U.S. State Department, in a report to the Congress, had listed several allegations and... -Full Story- (The Hindu - 16/03/10)

China to build new international airport in Sri Lanka
China is to lend Sri Lanka US$200 million to build a second international airport in the south of the island. The new airport will be near a vast seaport at Hambantota, which is also being largely funded with Chinese money from the government’s lending arm, the Export-Import Bank. Last week the Sri Lankan government said that China was supplying more than half of all the construction and development loans it was receiving. Work has already started on the airport. Both projects have the same Chinese state-owned company as contractor and use large numbers of Chinese workers.... -Full Story- (passengerterminaltoday.com - 16/03/10)

Sri Lanka to issue $100 mln bonds to fund interim budget
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COLOMBO, March 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka plans to raise $100 million through the sale of dollar-denominated development bonds to finance its interim budget, the central bank said on Monday. Sri Lankan government had announced an interim plan for the first four months of 2010 with expenditure set at 361 billion rupees ($3.1 billion) as it delayed the full-year budget ahead of parliamentary polls in April. "There is excess liquidity in the foreign exchange market. So we thought we would collect that money by issuing new Sri Lanka Development Bonds (SLDB)," C.J.P. Siriwardena, superintendent of the... -Full Story- (iii.co.uk - 16/03/10)

Sri Lanka to request IMF waiver on deficit-cbank
Editing by Kim Coghill
COLOMBO, March 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will seek a waiver from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after failing to meet its 2009 budget deficit target as agreed for a $2.6 billion loan, the central bank said on Monday. Authorities hope a waiver would allow payments from the loan to resume, K.D. Ranasinghe, the chief economist at the central bank, told Reuters in an interview. The IMF said late last month that it was delaying the third tranche of the loan after the government missed its 2009 targets. Sri Lanka also hoped to renegotiate the IMF... -Full Story- (in.reuters.com - 16/03/10)

Lankan army to help promote tourism in Jaffna
Press Trust Of India
Nearly a year after the Wanni region was liberated from the LTTE, tourists have started arriving in Sri Lanka's north and the tourism ministry in collaboration with the army has set up a tourist information centre in Jaffna to boost tourism in the peninsula. The Wanni, Mullaitivu and Kilinochchi districts were liberated from the LTTE during the last phase of the 30-year-old civil war in May, 2009. The tourist information centre will offer help and facilitate those visiting the area. After the opening of the vital A-9 Road linking Jaffna peninsula with the rest of the... -Full Story- (Hindustan Times - 16/03/10)

Sri Lanka: LTTE forcibly threw children into Vanni battle - Survey
Source: Government of Sri Lanka
Date: 15 Mar 2010 Several thousands of children were forcibly recruited by the LTTE and thrown into battle in the last two years of the war, a survey conducted by the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation found. Interviews conducted with over 11,000 detainees on a Justice and Law Reforms Ministry directive have indicated that children were deployed on the Vanni front without proper training. Among them were some of the LTTE's best fighters, including men and women of frontline formations, such as the Charles Anthony Brigade. Among 4,580 cadres aged between 19-24 and 4,220... -Full Story- (Relief Web - 16/03/10)

We are firm on demand, says TNA
B. Muralidhar Reddy
COLOMBO: Contrary to claims by a section of the media that the Sri Lanka's pro-LTTE political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), has given up its stance on Eelam, the alliance has reiterated the demand on the right to self-determination of Tamils. In its manifesto for the April 8 general election, the TNA has sought federal solution based on shared sovereignty while reiterating its position on the right to self-determination. The stated position of the TNA on Eelam has been that it has never articulated the demand. Under the amended Constitution of the nation, any party... -Full Story- (The Hindu - 15/03/10)

Lakbima should not be sacrificed through mental subservience
Ajit Randeniya
Ashis Nandy, the Bengali social theorist who gave up medical training to study social sciences and psychology, and was named amongst the top 100 public intellectuals of the world by the ‘Foreign Policy’ magazine in 2008, has written extensively on a variety of topics including public conscience and dialogues between civilisations.  In the 1983 book, ‘The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self Under Colonialism’, Nandy argues that the fundamental character of colonialism is not so much economic or technological domination, but the cultural arrogance of the colonisers and the cultural subservience it creates in the minds... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/10)

International Conference on Multiculturalism and Global Community
Tehran, Iran
Culture: Diversity or Integrity Multiculturalism and Global Peace Asia: Diversity or Unity in Cultures Intercultural Dialogue: Approaches and Outcomes Media, Communication and Common Good Globalization, Religion and Common Good Islam: New Challenges, New Perspectives Islam and the Crisis of Modern Man Islam and Other Faiths: Truth or Salvation Islam and Woman: Rights and Commitments Islam: Traditionalism or Modernism Islam and Revivalism: Needs and Necessities Islam: Spirituality, Morality and Jurisprudence Iran: Realities and Appearances Iran, Religious State and International Challenges Iran... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/10)

Energy saving cooking technique demonstrated.
Dr Hector Perera
I am delighted to say that I had a successful live demonstration of these scientific cooking thanks for ITN channel in Sri Lanka. It was broadcasted live on Sunday the 1st of November 2009 around 7.00 am to 7.30 am. During the interview, I mentioned that rice will be cooked in a given time then while rice is being cooked, I managed to cook fish and a vegetable dish as well, both the fish and vegetable dish were cooked in side by side with no an extra time. The reason I wanted to cook fish and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/10)

Ban Ki Moon is moonlighting
by Gomin Dayasri -Courtesy Daily News
No doubt, human rights are high on the international agenda and a matter not to be treated flippantly. Sri Lanka’s record must be looked at from the point of combating and defeating a most dangerous terrorist outfit that concentrated its attacks primarily on the civilian population-its defeat brought peace and democracy to the areas which were under its control Suddenly Ban Ki Moon without any representation from any country disclosed to subject Sri Lanka for inquiry has on his own decided to appoint a panel to inquire into human rights violations in... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 15/03/10)

The Travels of a Journalist—17-TIKI TOURING NORTH ISLAND: A PEEP INTO THE FAR NORTH
By Shelton A. Gunaratne © 2010
The final leg of our Tiki Tour focused on the Northland Region, more commonly known as the Far North or less commonly as the Winterless North (because of its mild climate). Comprising a land area of 13,789 square km, it arrogates 80 percent of the 285-km-long North Auckland Peninsula. The region has three administrative districts: Far North, Kalpara and Whangarei. Ivan Brown, our coach captain, welcomed 14 new people to our tour group, as he departed Auckland in the morning after Christmas on the 325-km trip north to Kaitaia, a town of 5,200... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/10)

සූර්ය ශක්තිය
චන්ද්‍රසේන පණඩිතගේ විසිනි.
ස්වීඩනයේ උප්සලා නම්වූ නගරයේ පැරණි සුසාන භූමයක් ඇත.මෙහි මිහිදන් කර ඇත්තේ, විශ්ව විද්‍යාලවල මහාචාර්යවරු, ආගමික බිෂොප්වරු, වංශවත් කුලීන රදලවරු හා සුප්‍රකට පුද්ගලයින්ය. මෙහි ඇති එක්තරා සුසාන ස්ථම්භයක. "Dag Hammarskjold" යන වචනය සටහන් කර ඇත. ඔහු අන් කවරෙක්වත් නොව වර්ෂ 1953-1961 දක්වා  එක්සත් ජාතින්ගේ මහා මණ්ඩලයේ ලේඛම් වශයෙක් කටයුතු කල කුප්‍රකට ලේඛම්වරයාගේ සොහොනයි. ඔහුගේ මරණය අභිරහස් ගුවන් අනතුරකින් එවකට රොඩේෂියාවේදී,1961 සැප්තැම්බර් මස 18 වෙනිදා සිදුවිය. ඒ හරියටම කොංගෝවේ පලමු අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය පැට්රිස් ලුමුම්බා මහතාව කොටුකිරීම කිරීම සදහා අවශ්‍ය එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ මර උගුල අටවා ඝාතනය කර හරියටම මාස අටකට පසුවය. ඔහු එදා පැට්රිස් ලුමුම්බා අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයාට එරෙහිව කල ඒ කාර්යය... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/10)

Canada asks Sri Lanka to start talks with Tamil Groups
Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester . Ontario . K1J 6G1 (Member of the Conservative Party of Canada & Sustaining Donor)
March 13, 2010 Hon. Deepak Obhrai, MP   Parliamentary Secretary for the  Minister of Foreign Affairs   Government of  Canada  House of Commons, Ottawa Dear Deepak: Wo…wo….wo… Deepak, just hold your horse.   You seem to be galloping willy-nilly not knowing where the heck you are heading to when you get Canada involved in Sri Lankan politics.  You recognized the difficulty that Sri Lanka is facing when you requested Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner Chitranganee Wagiswara – “Canada has asked Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/10)

JVP says, "Navy Commander a mental patient" !
P.A.Samaraweera Australia
JVP spokesman, Anura Dissanayake at a media interview on 10th March had said that it is necessary to find out the mental state of the Navy Commander to live in a quarter given to Sarath Fonseka. He had also said that, "...None of us know the real condition of the place where Sarath Fonseka is kept. Only Mrs. Anoma Fonseka has been to this place... According to her he is kept in a room with planks nailed to windows without any sunlight falling into the room..." But the government had made it clear that he had been allocated... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/10)

Islam’s Response to the Global Economic Crisis
Dr. Ifthikhar Ahmad Ayaz, OBE
1.(Officer of the Excellent Order of the British Empire) 2. Consul General of Tuvalu Island in the United Kingdom 3. Senator World Nations Congress 4. Ambassador of Peace appointed Universal Peace Foundation 5. Recipient of International Peace Prize 6. Member UN Human Rights Council Committee in the Rights of     Minorities – Rights of Woman / Rights of Children 7. Member World Poverty Alleviation Forum 8. Honored as the 2010 Man of the Year in Human Rights. 9.  An eminent member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Islam.  It is a great privilege and... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 14/03/10)

Sri Lanka garners support against U.N. probe
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) - Sri Lanka, which won a grueling decades-long battle against one of the world’s most ferocious terrorist organizations last May, has scored a diplomatic victory in its ongoing war of words with the United Nations. The largest single political coalition has, in a rare rebuke, lambasted Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his decision to appoint a panel of experts to advise him on "accountability issues" relating to post-conflict Sri Lanka, where the country’s military has been accused of human rights violations and alleged war crimes. The 118-member Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), currently... -Full Story- (The Island - 14/03/10)

Sri Lankan Tamils drop separatist demand
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's main ethnic Tamil party says it is ready to accept regional self-rule instead of total independence which it previously demanded, AP reported. The Tamil National Alliance, which backed the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, says in its platform for April 8 parliamentary elections that it is ready to accept a ''federal structure'' in the north and east provinces with key powers including over land, law and order, and finance. The platform was released Friday. Since its inception in 2001, the alliance has acted as a proxy for the separatist Tamil Tigers until their military defeat by government forces... -Full Story- (dawn.com - 14/03/10)

Sri Lanka Tamil party drops statehood demand
By Charles Haviland BBC
The Sri Lankan political party closest to the defeated Tamil Tiger rebel movement has dropped a demand for a separate Tamil homeland. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), which is the biggest political grouping representing the ethnic minority, said it instead wanted a "federal" solution.... -Full Story- ( - 14/03/10)

Tourism takes toll on Prabhakaran's home, army steps in to guard it
Sutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times
What Vellupillai Prabhakaran, founder-chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), could not achieve in peace, he seems to have attained in death – a twisted popularity among some in the majority Sinhala community. And ironically, it’s up to the Sri Lankan army now to protect the remains of Prabhakaran’s ancestral home in Valvettithuria, about 30 km north of Jaffna town, from being taken apart by a surge of `trophy tourism’. Prabhakaran’s death and the end of the war against LTTE in May 2009 meant a gradual easing of tension in conflict zones and opening... -Full Story- (Hindustan Times - 14/03/10)

Lanka Tamils drop separatist demand
Colombo, March 13 (AP): Sri Lanka’s main ethnic Tamil party today dropped its demand for an independent state and said it is ready to accept regional self-rule, following the defeat of separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in a 25-year civil war. The Tamil National Alliance, which backed the rebels, said in its platform for April 8 parliamentary elections that it would accept a “federal structure” in the north and east provinces with power over land, finance, and law and order. The platform was released yesterday. Since its inception in 2001, the alliance has acted as a proxy for the Tamil Tigers... -Full Story- (telegraphindia.com - 14/03/10)

Sri Lanka: Checkpoints in Paradise
By LIONEL BEEHNER
EVERYBODY out, the military officer ordered us, as we pulled off the bumpy road linking the Tamil-dominated eastern province to Sri Lanka’s hill country. My driver motioned to the back seat, where a police officer we picked up a few miles back was sitting. His presence lent an air of authority, and we were promptly waved through. But the busload of European shutterbugs in front of us — unloading their suitcases and filing out in a single column — was not so lucky.... -Full Story- (travel.nytimes.com - 14/03/10)

Panel to study cause of conflict in Sri Lanka
B. Muralidhar Reddy
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to appoint a “committee” to study the root cause of the ethnic conflict, lessons learnt since sections of Tamils took to militancy to gain their rights in the mid-seventies and challenges faced since the military defeat of the LTTE in May last year, said Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe here on Friday. Asked if the committee would cover the circumstances leading to the deployment of the IPKF and the 1989 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) second insurgency, the Minister said: “Yes, it would be a... -Full Story- (The Hindu - 14/03/10)

Thanks For Your Concerns Canada But Sri Lanka Is A Sovereignity With Compassionate Intelligent Administrators!
Insight By Sunil Kumar 12th March 2010
Well Well Well! Is this another surge of concern and sympathy by the Canadian Administration about Sri Lankan Tamils and their needs, lending credence to behind the scene lobbying by the Tamil separatist idealogists amongst others? one might ask! It was assumed to a greater part that the Harper Administration would not be misled by the Tamil Lobby in Canada and hopefully it isnt!  Does Canada not give any credibility to what the world is seeing visibly as a genuine effort by the Rajapaksha Administration to attend to the needs of Sri... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/10)

S S D O U B L E ' O ZERO
RANJIT WICKREMERATNE
This is a story of two similar individuals starting by the name Sarath. One was a retired army officer and the the other one was a retired chief justice. Both were heros once a upon a times when they were living like lords of the jungle. They were both greedy for power and wealth. They both misused their power while they were on duty. Army guy was using the deserters in his Army to do his dirty work while the other used to have underworld king pins to do his dirty works. These double O'Zero's was living... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/10)

NAM strongly condemns UN Chief
Nadira GUNATILLEKE -courtesy Daily News
The NAM has very strongly condemned the announced intention of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to appoint a Panel of Experts to advise on accountability issues relating to Sri Lanka, said Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe. Speaking at a press conference at the Government Information Department yesterday, Samarasinghe said the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) has a membership of 124 countries. All NAM members are also members of the United Nations. The UN has 194 member states. Minister Samarasinghe further said that nearly two thirds of both the NAM and UN... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/10)

Tamil Tigress in UN
Ben Silva
Open Letter Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon UN Tamil Tigress in UN
Ms Navi Pillai has been  anti Sri Lanka  and pro LTTE for a long time. Even when UN member states voted in favour of Sri Lanka, she continued her anti Sri Lankan stand. She did nothing to eliminate  Tamil terrorism  and empire building, which was the main cause of human rights abuse in Sri Lanka, but she did every thing in her power to act against GOSL which eliminated terrorism. It has to be investigated, if her reluctance to act against Tamil racism is due to... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 13/03/10)

BBC need not concern itself about Chinese aid to Sri Lanka
Ajit Randeniya
Sri Lanka is currently a hotbed of espionage; the place is teeming with US, British, Australian and Israeli spies operating, almost at will, under cover as journalists, aid workers, tourists and people with various business interests.  Those with an interest in this area and monitor events have always known that the man named Charles Haviland who purports to be a BBC reporter and journalist is in fact, an MI6 agent who is closely monitoring China’s economic, and what they think is political, involvement in Sri Lanka. Haviland’s mission is to collect and disseminate information designed to poison Sri Lanka-India-China relations... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/03/10)

Fr. S.J.Emmanuel of the Global Tamil Forum
Asoka Weerasinghe Kings Grove Crescent . Gloucester. Ontario . K1J 6G1. Canada
March 11, 2010 OPEN LETTER  to Rev. Fr. S.J. Emmanuel    Leader, Global Tamil Forum (GTF)  Germany. Dear S.J. Emmanuel: You Tamil Roman Catholics wearing God’s black cloth with white collars starched towards heaven have confused me immensely.  Then, I am a Buddhist and have difficulty to understand you guys anyway who believed that the Tamils in Sri Lanka, especially in the North and East are the only children of God and the rest could be spared and blown to smithereens for the Tamils to live and enjoy... -Full Story- (LankaWeb - 12/03/10)

Tamil Terrorist flag over British Parliament
Tamil demonstrators calling for an end to the war against Tamil Terrorists
Photo: Courtesy AP) Emboldened by the political support they receive from British politicians, front organizations of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in London have long before started raising funds for terrorist activities in Sri Lanka by extortion not only from the British capital but also from Tamil Nadu over phone messages originating there. The Tamil terrorists are a nasty bunch of tribal misfits who chase and shoot innocent civilians who run for their lives; who creep in the dark to enter adobe huts and chop the sleeping villagers to death; who pluck infants from their mothers arms while they are sucking their nipples for their feed and dash them on rocks to crack their skulls like cracking coconuts at their Hindu Kovils; who perfected the art of suicide bombing and the body pack that all other terrorists around the world are copying. The truth prevails at lastIF NOT FOR COUNTRIES LIKE USA AND UK, SRI LANKA WOULD HAVE ERADICATED TERRORISM AT THE VERY FIRST INCEPTION , STILL USA AND THE EUROPEAN SELF-STYLED PEACEMAKERS ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF VICTORY.

Finally the masks are off Ratanapala -Full Story- (The LankaWeb - 16/05/09)

TWO EMISSARIES FROM UK AND FRANCE TWIST THEIR PURPOSE OF VISIT TO SRI LANKA.Malin Abeyatunga.-Full Report-(The LankaWeb-02/05/09)

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LTTE is a ruthless terrorist outfit that has been fighting for mono ethnic separate state for the Tamils living in Sri Lanka since 1983. Two decades of the LTTE's terror campaign against Sri Lankan citizens has cost over 65,000 lives.
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Whatever happened to the fight against al-Qaeda and radical Islam? That's so old news. Welcome to the new, new Cold War.
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Monks living in a remote corner of Sri Lanka
Moodu Maha Viharaya: The sun sets in the East for Buddhist temple
opener for most of us. http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=1,1794,0,0,1,0
ii) If you prefer to arrange directly with the Hamuduruvo
here is his Contact Info: Ven Kataragama Siri Ratana Thera Moodu Maha Vihare, Pottuvil, Sri Lanka Mobile Phone: (94) 71-647-5857