Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa has decided to tighten security to the President’s family and his own by instilling fear of a possible military conspiracy and has decided to perform a total reorganization of the state intelligence units and Gajaba Regiment Head Brigadier Mahinda Weerasuriya has been appointed as the head of the Operation Center in Colombo (OCC).
The Defence Secretary has decided to locate three battalions of the Gajaba Regiment in Colombo simultaneous to the appointment of Brigadier Weerasuriya as the head of OCC. This is the first time three battalions of the Gajaba Regiment are summoned to Colombo. The Gajaba Regiment is Gotabhaya Rajapaksa’s most trusted regiment in the Army and he
too served in it as a Colonel before leaving for the US.
The Defence Secretary’s decision to reorganize the intelligence units in the defence establishment has been made in order to keep a close watch on the opposition political developments following the end of the war with the LTTE. Sources from the Defence Ministry said there will be changes made among the heads of the state intelligence units.
The national intelligence unit is currently headed by retired Major General Kapila Hendevitharana and the intelligence unit in the Foreign Ministry is headed by retired Major General Chula Seneviratne. The State Intelligence Service is headed by DIG Keerthi Gajanayake and the Directorate for Military Intelligence is headed by Major General Kamal Karunasena.
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