Sri Lanka, May 31 -- An Extraordinary Gazette notification has been issued by the Ministry of Defence, announcing the freezing of all funds, financial assets, and economic resources belonging to designated individuals, groups, and entities in accordance with the United Nations Regulations No. 1 of 2012.

The gazette extraordinary has been issued by the Defence Secretary, Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Sampath Thuyacontha, the Competent Authority appointed under the said regulations, in terms of the powers vested in him by Regulation 5 of the United Nations Regulations No. 1 of 2012, which were originally published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 1758/19 dated May 15, 2012.

As per the order, all funds and assets belonging to any natural or legal pe...