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A lone police constable was seen busily assaulting a large group of north eastern pilgrims who entered the ?Menik Ganga? to bathe after the religious `Diya Kepeema` took place at the end of the Kata ragama Esala Perahera on Monday. |
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Kulakottan
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3 Aug 2007 03:04:50 GMT Report for Abuse
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Hi Bitter Truth,
You have beaten me on this as I was going to post the picture too. Let me give the rest of the story and my comments:
PC assaults pada yatra devotees
By K.D.Devapriya.
A large group of people were shocked when a police constable assaulted people with a wooden pole when they went into the Menik Ganga to drink water and fill their vessels immediately after the water cutting ceremony on Monday.
About 10 people were subjected to this assault and some who were hit fell into the water.
A majority of those who were beaten are devotees who came from North East through Yala forest in a Pada Yatra.
It is customary for devotees to drink and carry water home after the water cutting ceremony. They treat it as holy water.
After it was announced that the water cutting was done on the upper portion of the Menik ganga by beating drums, devotees who were about a kilo metre downstream started getting into the ganga chanting 'Haro Hara'. At that moment the police constable started his assault.
Kataragama police say that the PC involved is an officer who had come from the out station on special duty.
Ven. Kapugama Saranatissa Nayake Thero, Adhikarana Sanghanayaka of Ruhuna Magampattuwa said that he was a witness to the assault and all the good work done by the police during the season was spoilt by the act of this person.
Basnayake Nilame of the Kataragama Devalaya Shashindra Rajapakse said he would report this PC to higher officials. .He said that this type of behaviour create unnecessary questions and in fact he had asked the police not to harass the devotees during the season. He said that even President Mahinda Rajapakse had cautioned the police in this regard.
The day the assault took place no VIP had visited Kataragama.
Source: Daily Mirror
So the Tamils who are living in the South live so peacefully and without any fear????
The policeman seems to be very proud of what he had done and enjoy doing his duty???.
This is the treatment meted out even in a place of worship. Let's wait and see whether the police constable will be dealt with in accordance with the law or will be given a commendation for 'giving the works' to North-Eastern Sri Lankans ( or koti) !!
Kula
Edited By - Kulakottan - 3 Aug 2007 09:41:13 GMT |
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3 Aug 2007 03:51:30 GMT Report for Abuse
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KULA,
Don't speak nonsense. With such a mentality, you cannot live not only with Sinhalas, but with any other nation. A single Policeman of a massive Police Department have attacked a group of devotees who came to Kataragama. That is all what has happened, even according to the somewhat partial Daily Mirror report itself (Yes, it seems to me one sided as it has not revealed any reason to why this PC went on attacking pilgrims like that, let the reason be fair or not). Everything else is nothing but prejudice based on some leades provided by the reporter free of charge (like the area from which the majority of devotees have come from).
For example, had it been reported that the majority of those who were beaten are males, were we to believe that this PC is a feminist!
First, we don't know why he attacked a group of seemingly innocent devotees like this (and the good reporter has taken no effort to find it out). Secondly, we don't know what the ethnicity of this policeman is (if that matters). Thirdly, we don't know if he acted at his own or under a direction given to him by his superiors.
Not knowing any of that, it is pity that you jumped to the conclusion that Tamils who live among Sinhalas live with fear.
It is none other than reporters like this who spread ethnic hatred to Tamil minds. I am on no occasion saying that this should never have been reported. What I am saying is that this should have been reported without giving any leads for the readers to come to their own racist conclusions. Also, note the significance this has been given by Daily Mirror. Is this such a big news item. Has no one been killed or no accidents have happened on Sri Lanka on that *fateful Monday*!!
I also keen to know one more thing. Do you seriously believe that ordinary Sinhalas (including Muchalinda, JVPers, JHUers, and all other card carrying racists) would find this news item as something to be happy about (i.e. a mighty Sinhala Buddhist Policeman beating a low life Tamil migrant). Do you think that is the case?
-Muchalinda
PS: Something else I noticed, this PC is wearing one of those orange couloured sacred threads around his wrist, usually given by Hindu Kovils.
PS2: BitterTruth, I should say that is a good heading, regardless of your intentions.
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Edited By - Mucha-linda - 3 Aug 2007 04:01:18 GMT |
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3 Aug 2007 04:15:21 GMT Report for Abuse
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Hope This mad cop is arrested by now.This is not acceptable at all.
Katharagama reporter has failed to give us a small clue why this guy acted like an animal
a ugly scene
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3 Aug 2007 04:19:31 GMT Report for Abuse
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KULA,
So the Tamils who are living in the South live so peacefully and without any fear????
This is the treatment meted out even in a place of worship.
Further photos of treatment meted out by the Sinhalese are here.
http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/6679
How come this news didn't find its way to you? :-)
Ven. Kapugama Saranatissa Nayake Thero, Adhikarana Sanghanayaka of Ruhuna Magampattuwa said that he was a witness to the assault and all the good work done by the police during the season was spoilt by the act of this person
Basnayake Nilame of the Kataragama Devalaya Shashindra Rajapakse said he would report this PC to higher officials.
Keep in mind that both Ven. Kapugama Saranatissa Nayake Thero and Shashindra Rajapakse are Sinhalese.
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3 Aug 2007 04:55:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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| I already e-mailed to Inspector General of Police e-mail igp@police.lk about this cowards act of this dog. You all can e-mail IGP and ask him to take the necessary action against this kind of officers who r bringing shame to the country..... |
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3 Aug 2007 04:58:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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| The chief monk who saw this incident warned and adviced to this dog..... |
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3 Aug 2007 04:59:54 GMT Report for Abuse
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Mucha/Gamarala,
It was my opinion and I have right to express them. I respect your views as well.
I will stick to my comment:
Let's wait and see whether the police constable will be dealt with in accordance with law or will be given a commendation for 'giving the works' to North-Eastern Sri Lankans
Gamarala,
May be you should read my post again. I have never said anything about Sinhalese people and if you want it explicitely, yes, I do appreciate the action taken by the Ven. Thera and the Devalay Nilame.
Further photos of treatment meted out by the Sinhalese are here.
http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/6679
Well, if you want to form your opinion based on the photographs taken with a politicians, its your proragative.
To me they are photo opportunities used to improve the the image (or rather the false image) of the politician and does not reflect the truth behind.
Kula
Edited By - Kulakottan - 3 Aug 2007 05:15:12 GMT |
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3 Aug 2007 05:58:33 GMT Report for Abuse
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KULA,
It was my opinion and I have right to express them.
Your 'right to express' was never questioned. What was questioned was the credibility of you expression.
Well, if you want to form your opinion based on the photographs taken with a politicians, its your proragative.
To me they are photo opportunities used to improve the the image (or rather the false image) of the politician and DOES NOT REFLECT THE TRUTH BEHIND.
Does the Daily Mirror report you based your opinion REFLECT THE TRUTH BEHIND? Does it even attempt to report why the Policeman was ordered to assualt the crowd? You want to form your opinion of 'Tamils living in the South with fear' based on an incomplete news report and a photograph on an incident involving a single policeman!
Two days ago, Police launched a tear gas and water cannons attack against students, of whom the MAJORITY was SINHALESE.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/08/02/news26.asp
Is anyone going to pass judgements on whether Sinhalese are living in FEAR in the South? Anyone wants to complain by email to the IGP? :-)
Edited By - GamaRaala - 3 Aug 2007 06:45:37 GMT |
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3 Aug 2007 06:35:41 GMT Report for Abuse
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Okay, let us assume this policeman was an insane individual who was acting on his own.
Now let me pose this question.
Assume a group of Sinhalese pilgrims had visited Nagadeepa and taking bath at Keeramalai.
Assume a mad man wearing an LTTE costume assaulted those pilgrims the same way and Daily Mirror published the photos.
What would have been the reaction of the JHU, JVP and Sinhalese masses?
Will they identify it as a non political act of an insane man?
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