Hindu,  Wed Jan 13 22:06:34 EST 2010

    COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday strongly condemned the shooting at a group of supporters of the opposition presidential candidate General (retired) Sarath Fonseka, in which one woman was killed and several others were injured. The United States said it was deeply concerned at what it described as escalating violence.
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Looks like Mervyn is not Sri Lanka's biggest thug politician anymore:

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Liyanage had written the article about the agreement with the TNA after interviewing Sampanthan and it was published as a full interview she had with him. Wickremesinghe had threatened Liyanage at a UNP rally in Embilipitiya inciting his party members against the journalist.

His tone exceeded the norm of a usual speech and the threat he made to get the Lankadeepa Office surrounded by his party people is one of the most terrible statements made by a Sri Lankan political leader, the statement said.

Liyanage had resigned from her job and is living at an undisclosed location as there is a threat to her life after Wickremesinghe's outburst as it has become very clear that the Opposition has aligned itself with anti-national forces and journalists who write about such pacts are under the threat of the NDF campaign persons supporting Fonseka.

http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/01/14/news21.asp

I would love to see if there is a single person who believes this nonsense!


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