AAP,  Thu Jan  8 20:13:25 EST 2009

    Sri Lanka's government was "directly to blame" for the fatal shooting of a newspaper editor, the Paris-based media watchdog Reporters Without Borders said on Thursday.

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http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=6951

If tomorrow CID questions him it would be the biggest Violation of human rights.


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MAC1 wrote:

http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=6951

If tomorrow CID questions him it would be the biggest Violation of human rights.

He says he knows who attacked Sirasa studios and he will divulge that information when the right time comes.
Now he knows there are two more journalists who will be killed.
Why waste time looking for witnesses, CID should be able to get all the information from this joker and arrest the culprits.

mawrata wrote:

MAC1 wrote:

http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=6951

If tomorrow CID questions him it would be the biggest Violation of human rights.

He says he knows who attacked Sirasa studios and he will divulge that information when the right time comes.
Now he knows there are two more journalists who will be killed.
Why waste time looking for witnesses, CID should be able to get all the information from this joker and arrest the culprits.

Could they question the biggest culprit, MR:

Quote:

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in TV address claims conspiracy behind recent attacks on the media, vows to reveal all soon

Someone please answer why would the govt trash Sirasa studios day after Killinochchi win and kill LW following that? When Sri Lanka has been on headline news on world news media, what government would self degrade in this manner and attract such bad publicity? I have been asking myself this question over and over, it just does not make any sense.

Dammika wrote:

Someone please answer why would the govt trash Sirasa studios day after Killinochchi win and kill LW following that? When Sri Lanka has been on headline news on world news media, what government would self degrade in this manner and attract such bad publicity? I have been asking myself this question over and over, it just does not make any sense.

Dammika, there are arguments for both and against.
The war victories has made people bit more mad, just like the mob after watching a car race or a cricket win. Anything is possible.

Apprently Sirasa has undermined the victory and played the suicide attack over and over again on TV without focusing Killinochchi victory.  It is possible a pro-govt supporter may have done without any govt. connection.  It is possible either UNP or LTTE did it.  Sirasa may have done it too.

Like you said, I don't think top bosses are interested in that kind of stuff.

Even with the Lasantha case, we still don't know who did it and that was a big loss.

Usually government doesn't protect its enemies and that is what happened to Janaka Perera even though he was a patriot.


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peace4all wrote:

mawrata wrote:

MAC1 wrote:

http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=6951

If tomorrow CID questions him it would be the biggest Violation of human rights.

He says he knows who attacked Sirasa studios and he will divulge that information when the right time comes.
Now he knows there are two more journalists who will be killed.
Why waste time looking for witnesses, CID should be able to get all the information from this joker and arrest the culprits.

Could they question the biggest culprit, MR:

Quote:

President Mahinda Rajapaksa in TV address claims conspiracy behind recent attacks on the media, vows to reveal all soon

What MR said was, govt will reveal the culprits after a thorough investigation. He is the most popular President among majority Sri Lankans in recent memory. There is no need for him to silence his opponents and how can his government be responsible or provide protection to those who  denigrate his achievements and make their own enemies within the community.
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_09/January9152302RA.html

Dammika wrote:
Someone please answer why would the govt trash Sirasa studios day after Killinochchi win and kill LW following that? When Sri Lanka has been on headline news on world news media, what government would self degrade in this manner and attract such bad publicity? I have been asking myself this question over and over, it just does not make any sense.


Very true, no sane government would do this.  But the government is not one unified organisation, it contains many groups and sub-groups with their own agendas.  Any sub-group or part of a sub-group might have trashed Sirasa or killed LW.  The President has to keep all these groups under control, but at the same time he needs their support, this is his great dilemma.  This is also the reason for the large number of Ministers, if MR fires them as they are a waste of public money, Ranil will be waiting for them with open arms.

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Dammika wrote:

Someone please answer why would the govt trash Sirasa studios day after Killinochchi win and kill LW following that? When Sri Lanka has been on headline news on world news media, what government would self degrade in this manner and attract such bad publicity? I have been asking myself this question over and over, it just does not make any sense.

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Apprently Sirasa has undermined the victory and played the suicide attack over and over again on TV without focusing Killinochchi victory.  It is possible a pro-govt supporter may have done without any govt. connection.  It is possible either UNP or LTTE did it.  Sirasa may have done it too.

Like you said, I don't think top bosses are interested in that kind of stuff. Even with the Lasantha case, we still don't know who did it and that was a big loss.

Agree, when Govt. was riding high why get involved in this kind of stupid acts.  Unless it is proven other vice anyone can do this.

With deep divisions among UNP and the govt. Only LTTE can benefit at this point.  Next, it can be some thing to provoke Christians and Buddhists.

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Usually government doesn't protect its enemies and that is what happened to Janaka Perera even though he was a patriot

Janaka's case another tragedy.   Govt should have leaned from experience and as you said, should have provided more security.  LTTE always target prominent figures in the opposition during election campaigns.

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Could they question the biggest culprit, MR:

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President Mahinda Rajapaksa in TV address claims conspiracy behind recent attacks on the media, vows to reveal all soon

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Malli, have you seen MR riding the Motor Bicycle and shooting Lasantha.

mawrata wrote:

MAC1 wrote:

http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=6951

If tomorrow CID questions him it would be the biggest Violation of human rights.

He says he knows who attacked Sirasa studios and he will divulge that information when the right time comes.
Now he knows there are two more journalists who will be killed.
Why waste time looking for witnesses, CID should be able to get all the information from this joker and arrest the culprits.

Quote:

He says he knows who attacked Sirasa studios

http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=6955

http://www.island.lk/2009/01/10/news3.html

"Horata issella kehel kena veta pennada"

If the above information in these publications are true the chronic man ought to have known. OR confirms how chronic he gets in digging hisown political grave.


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In the 'Sri Lanka' world, this still doesn't explain anything.

Police can arrest anyone and beat that person up and get a statement.
Truth will come out just like in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_de_Zoysa case.


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MAC1 wrote:

"Horata issella kehel kena veta pennada"

If the above information in these publications are true the chronic man ought to have known. OR confirms how chronic he gets in digging hisown political grave.

The above shows a few things:

1. One you assume All the readers on this forum who write only in English to Know Sinhala (or If tamils do that -Tamil). As a common curtesy the English Translation is given.
It is like calling Multi-Ethnic Srilanka and do everything in Sinhala (or for that matter Budhist way) only in practice.

2. We Tamils know how in the beginning the Sinhala security forces killed innocent tamils and dressed them in LTTE Uniforms. It is not hard for the thugs in the MR's killing squads to get steal anyones vehicle and who knows whether owner is alive now in in the weeks to come he might be found in a ditch.

3. We Tamils also know how witnesses to the horrific attrocities against innocent Tamils disappeared if they were willing to come out and give evidence.

4. By the same token one could argue that Rajiv Gandhi was murdered by a Sinhala thug on the army to discredit LTTE ???. While the Sinhalease have no problem attacking LTTE for that a sinhala did try to kill him by hitting his head with the butt of a gun.

When gun carrying killing squads are on MR's pay roll anything could be carried out.

You have forgotten another possibility (Joke ??):

http://parippuplease.blogspot.com/2009/01/keheliya-rambukwella-aliens-killed.html

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Sri Lanka government media spokesman Minister Dr Keheliya Rambukwella, made the shocking disclosure yesterday, of alien involvement in the assassination of Lasantha Wickremetunge.

If you write with conviction the western media like national post who has not been to the island in recent years will beleive that as the whole truth.

More the options we have it is easy for MR and his goons to divert the attention.

One possibility said he tried to stage his own death but failed.

Sinhalease might have doubts but Tamils already know who is behind ??

Tripple gem bless the MR and more killing to come in Srilanka.

peace4all wrote:

MAC1 wrote:

"Horata issella kehel kena veta pennada"

If the above information in these publications are true the chronic man ought to have known. OR confirms how chronic he gets in digging hisown political grave.

The above shows a few things:

1. One you assume All the readers on this forum who write only in English to Know Sinhala (or If tamils do that -Tamil). As a common curtesy the English Translation is given.
It is like calling Multi-Ethnic Srilanka and do everything in Sinhala (or for that matter Budhist way) only in practice.

P4all

Sorry mate I do not know how best to translate this to English without loosing it’s original meaning. I hope some of our friends here would help us giving a proverb with similar meaning or a translation close to the original.

Rest of the crap you write I read with great interest.
 


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