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Go out and combat crime - President orders police top brass, warns against human rights violations
Sunday, 11 March 2007 - 8:09 AM SL Time
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President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday called upon senior Police officers to get involved in combating crime and warned them not to pass on that responsibility to junior officers including constables.
He declared that 3,258 cases had piled up at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and they included high profile investigations like the assassination of one-time Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, attempts on the lives of Army Commander Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka and Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
`Don`t pass on your responsibilities to the police constables, the Officer-in-charge (OIC) or the OIC Crimes and wash your hands off. You have to intervene and get better results,` he told Deputy Inspectors General and Senior Superintendents of Police at a meeting at Temple Trees yesterday.
President Rajapaksa noted that cases which had been put aside with the remarks `accused unknown` were numerous.
`It is no doubt a difficult task to catch criminals. But it is also not an impossible task if proper efforts are made,` he told them.
An Inspector, according to a recent media report, had remarked that senior police officers were shielding drug barons. Such remarks emanating from a junior officer, President Rajapaksa said, were a scathing indictment on the top order of the Police service. It also reflected the views held by officers in junior ranks. `You cannot solve this problem by interdicting the man who said it.
`You can only do so by taking the responsibility for the law and order situation in areas under their control,` he said.
He also asked senior police officers to ensure human rights were not violated when they were performing their duties. He said this was a high priority for his Government.
Later, the president held a closed door meeting with the Police Chief Victor Perera, senior DIGs and SSPs of the Western Province.
He told them that the police should carry out their duties within the premise that all suspects were innocent until proven guilty and the onus was on the Police to prove the cases against the suspects.
`All suspects taken into custody must be treated as human beings and their human rights must not be violated,` the President told the top brass.
The President also directed the senior officers to bring those responsible for the recent spate of killings and abductions to justice.
He mentioned in particular the discovery of bodies in Kandana and Anuradhapura and urged the senior officers to expedite the investigations and track down the culprits. He called for a report on these incidents by March 15th.
The President also said he wanted the police to take stern action taken against drug trafficking. Among those who attended the meeting were DIGs D. W. Pratapasinghe, Sirisena Herath, Sarath Jayasundera, K.P.P. Pathirana, H.N.B. Amanwela, Jayantha Wickremaratna, Senior Superintendent Sarath Lugoda and Superintendent K. Arasaratnam.
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Saint
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11 Mar 2007 09:30:46 GMT Report for Abuse
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So now it's time for them to work right?
The only problem/question came to my mind was, 'what were they doing?' |
hmdqbl
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11 Mar 2007 10:27:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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'what were they doing?'
Doing nothing!!. Scared of Presidential/Judicial punishments for investigating crimes. |
mareesa03
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11 Mar 2007 12:19:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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Go out and combat crime--President
If they are going to combat crime..
First of all they will have to combat inside police department and SLA..
These are the places,now the days the crime is originated..
If we can clear this two places..
Sri Lanka will be crime free country.. |
whatreallyhap
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12 Mar 2007 03:55:44 GMT Report for Abuse
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The President dose not know what he is saying.
IF the police were to follow instructions perfectly the Mahinda Brothers will be the first ones behind bars.
Followed by the Jambo Parliament, SLA, SLN,SLAF, customs, Port, Central Bank,Inland revenue and ...........
There will not be enough place to house all the criminals in the GOSL so all this is just a show of this P@R@Y@ state which is called Sorry Lanka.
Just as an after thought What happened to Scotland Yard in Raviraj's murder investigations? or it that also a cover up which in under a carpet somewhere? |
anizam
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12 Mar 2007 04:10:51 GMT Report for Abuse
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Heres more PUNNAKKU for the RajaPASSA lickers....
RajaPASSA is the GOD FATHER of thugs in SL. See one of the BEST known drug dealers and murders in SL with RajaPASSAs right hand men...
http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=3873 |
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12 Mar 2007 04:55:04 GMT Report for Abuse
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Go out and combat crime - President orders police top brass, warns against human rights violations
Anee tho baba okum neh... |
Damed
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12 Mar 2007 07:36:12 GMT Report for Abuse
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Oh Noh Never no how to believe ??
Guys who were laminating Crimes going to stop them crazy Man.
MR you being sleeping in the past ? Victor Perera spilled the beans ? MR cracked the Top Police Brass.
Hey wambotta ! Wakeup
All Crimes or most crime syndicates are run by politicos of Your Soil Man.
What up with Gottabayada ?
MR talks HR thanks to Mangala and Sripathi.cheers !
Take care of Prisons Chief all these criminals will lick his Ass.., or he will run away.
Call upon SLMM guys, loitering around South collecting GOSL Informations for LTTE,IC and HR groups. |
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12 Mar 2007 08:23:35 GMT Report for Abuse
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They have to start by learning to speak to the general public (who pay their slaries) properly ! This is another load of cowdung and aimed deflecting the flack from brother Gotabhaya who is being branded as the main man behind the 'white van' stories.
If the IGP had any backbone at all he would resign but expecting that is an even bigger joke !! |
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12 Mar 2007 08:56:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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It is no doubt a difficult task to catch criminals. But it is also not an impossible task if proper efforts are made,
When the President and his men are able to 'catch' those whom they consider to be terrorists the Police would 'naturally' follow - as per the power of majority vote. Merit based thinking and working is the specialty of Tamils. Only those officers who feel connected to Tamils would benefit from this Tamil wisdom.
Gaja Lakshmi Paramasivam from Australia |
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12 Mar 2007 11:33:15 GMT Report for Abuse
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MR said the riht thing here, but need to put lot of prsure to the top in the police to get results. Otherwise these donkeys are wasting tax payers money sitting in one place and having a joy ride on the expense of others.
If you look at there physical appearence it's quite evident. |
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