Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya had directed IGP N.K. Illangakoon to put on hold the latest set of police transfers in areas such as Mount Lavinia and Negombo where local government elections have been declared, officials said yesterday. According to election laws, transfers in public and police services cannot be done in the run-up to an election. However, reports that police officers were being transferred in several areas had been brought to the notice of the Elections Commissioner.
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