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Police warn against misuse of 119
The public is advised to refrain from misusing the 119 police emergency hotline, according to a recent police notification.Police Media
By Ada Derana English
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Accordingly, the Police have requested the public to use the following hotline numbers to address non-emergency service-related matters and other public needs:Emergency and Public Service Hotline Numbers1. Police Emergency Service - 1192. Expressway Emergency Service - 196911.
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People
- ASP F.U. Wootler
- F. U. Wootler
Organisations
- Sri Lanka Police2
- Ministry of Child Development and Women's Affairs
- Department of Immigration and Emigration
- National Dangerous Drugs Control Board
- National Transport Commission
- Bureau of Foreign Employment
- Commission to Investigate
- National Help Desk
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- Sri Lanka2
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- hotline3
- against2
- misuse2
- warn2
- notification
- emergencies
- enforcement
- punishable
- reiterated
- emergency
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