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Colombo admits Sri Lanka Navy shot NGO worker
Friday, 15 June 2007 - 6:35 AM SL Time
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A Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) sailor who was guarding a sentry post at the SLN naval detachment shot the International NGO worker Wednesday night wounding the Philippino national as he `failed to stop walking towards the SLN point ignoring the warning shots` fired by a SLN sailor on duty, a spokesman at the Sri Lankan government media centre said Thursday. The shooting incident comes a day after UN expressed deep concern regarding the safety and security of humanitarian workers in the aftermath of an interview by the Sri Lankan Defence Secretary who charged that the NGO and UN have been infiltrated by the Tigers for 30 years.
Antonio Villeomour from Philippines, attached to Mercy Corps, an International NGO, was shot while he was walking back to his residence Wednesday night.
`A sailor who was performing sentry duties issued verbal warnings and as there was no response fired warning shots at the unidentified person who walked towards the security area. The unidentified person has then run towards the Club Oceanic hotel in Trincomalee,` the media centre for SL National Security said.
Mercy Corps, a Portland-based International Relief Agency with offices in North America, Europe and Asia, has more than 3,400 staff working in nearly 40 countries and reach more than 14.4 million people in more than 35 countries.
The agency provides emergency relief, supports long-term economic opportunities and civil society to promote democratization, to observe law and human rights, and to create conditions for peaceful change.
Mercy Corps` work in the Trincomalee District, originally focused on tsunami response and later changed to recovery and development for both tsunami and conflict-affected communities.
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sapu777
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15 Jun 2007 04:36:06 GMT Report for Abuse
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....The unidentified person has then run towards the Club Oceanic hotel in Trincomalee
These idiots should be aware of the situation in the country. Entering into a high security zone, without even considering the warnings given is purely idiotic.
Otherwise next time a suicide bomber would use the same method to enter into these areas.
If they don't have these types basic ideas about the job that you are supposed to do, how can they help people ? They should act as responsible officers at least when serving in these types of areas. |
Damed
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15 Jun 2007 08:12:10 GMT Report for Abuse
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SLN has done the job.
NGO's recruit all sorts of workers locally and internationally without any proper observations and they face situations similar were ever they go.
they escalate situations from there behavior and comments un wanted.
This is one sector gota said a day before.
Already few people got killed but still these parasite NGO's roaming around.What for ? strip funds from international donors. |
HiMeyala
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15 Jun 2007 15:43:26 GMT Report for Abuse
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| UN should educate these fellows about the security situation specially in areas such as Trinco |
alwaysalion
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15 Jun 2007 16:43:15 GMT Report for Abuse
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UN should ask its' people to obey the Law and order of the country.Not only SL but all countries!No idiot walks even
after a warning shot towards a camp.This guy is an IDIOT! |
samanj
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15 Jun 2007 18:53:58 GMT Report for Abuse
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No International NGO is immune from facing what this guy faced in a high security area.
LTTE does not warn of their impending arrival.
Tough luck Phillipino, learned the hard way...
You can not be ignorant on security as you are well aware what happens in Midanao Island unless, you were made a s8cker by other NGOs on this night......... |
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15 Jun 2007 20:17:59 GMT Report for Abuse
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Sri Lanka will eventually admit committing all the killings of victims that are investigated with the facilitation of the Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP). But the govt and the judiciary are trying to lay hurdles on the way.
Edited By - nirupam - 15 Jun 2007 21:39:56 GMT |
saliya
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15 Jun 2007 22:30:27 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Nobody is allowed to enter prohibitted zone. If you violate it this is the consequences you have to face. |
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16 Jun 2007 15:59:17 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Atleast once the boru king GOSL accepted the truth.Yes the warning shot went straight into the man. |
HiMeyala
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16 Jun 2007 17:29:35 GMT Report for Abuse
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| If the shot was not a warning shot that fellow would be buried by now... |
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16 Jun 2007 17:36:38 GMT Report for Abuse
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He thought he has the right to walk since the god has given him legs to walk.
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