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Cops` efforts go up in smoke
Saturday, 2 December 2006 - 4:31 AM SL Time
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With the ban on smoking in public places coming into effect yesterday, December 1, the Police of Panadura were swift to act. During the morning office rush hour they swooped in into action and arrested three persons smoking at a bus stand and produced them before a magistrate. But the Cops were in for a shock. The Magistrate showed them the law, which stated that smoking is banned in enclosed public places. The Magistrate dismissed the case telling the cops that a bus stand was not an enclosed area.
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Vagabond
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2 Dec 2006 10:07:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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| .... Later the bodies of these three persons were found with gun shot wounds to their heads. |
samanj
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2 Dec 2006 10:50:43 GMT Report for Abuse
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Vagabond: You have a sick mind.
To you, everything boils down to killing.
Your parents are fortunate that they have not
mistakenly punished you.
To save the enviorment, banned should be
extended to open public places as well. |
Kulakottan
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2 Dec 2006 11:19:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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Cops should know the law!!
Before producing them in the courts they should have framed charges according to the applicable law!
This is the typical shortcoming in the Police Department; they think they are the law! |
Vagabond
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2 Dec 2006 11:28:39 GMT Report for Abuse
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Vagabond: You have a sick mind.
To you, everything boils down to killing.
Hi Saman
Thanks for your comment and apologies if I had offended you or anyone. I am ashamed too. However, I am a product of SL environment so what else would you expect. |
samanj
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2 Dec 2006 16:34:32 GMT Report for Abuse
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Vagabond: Don't blame the enviorment but yourself.
It is you and you alone......... |
magha
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2 Dec 2006 16:51:37 GMT Report for Abuse
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| If the Bus stand has a shelter where public stands under even if it is totally not enclosed smoking should not be allowed in side . If it is just a bus stop then nothing can be done. |
Revy
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2 Dec 2006 18:15:34 GMT Report for Abuse
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Wow has this politically correct BS reached even Sri Lanka???
I think the world has much bigger problems than ADULTS making decisions on their own, damn nanny states. |
magha
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2 Dec 2006 19:31:48 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Sure LTTE terrorism had killed more people in Sri Lanka than smoking over the last 30 years, but whether it is war or not we need to move forward as the South of Sri Lanka does when the North and East stagnates behind and even worst than they were thirty years ago. |
MrLanka
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4 Dec 2006 07:38:28 GMT Report for Abuse
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The ban is a very good move. I, as a non-smoker, wouldn't like to get poisoned, just because some people think they can smoke where ever they like. The planet doesn't just belong to them. It belongs to all of us.
This shows that Sri Lanka is a progressive country. They have realized how dangerous it is and that the health of all the citizens are important. Not only our health, but also the environment, gets affected by this 'bad habit'. |
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