Entire Police of Embilipitiya (SriLanka) in civil uniforms attacked youths who were having a private party and a youth died after he was pushed off from third floor by the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Embilipitiya. Apparently the Police clashed with youths after Police was told 'No liquor', when Police had asked two bottles of liquor from youths.
(Courtesy: Daily Mirror) "I saw Sumith pushed off the building," says wife (Watch video below).
Shashika Nishamani Munasinghe, the widow of Sumith Prasanna Munasinghe (29) who died after a controversial fall from a three-storey building in Embilipitiya two weeks ago, during a clash with the police said yesterday that she seen her husband being pushed off the building.
Addressing a media briefing held in Maradana yesterday at which her daughter, mother and some of Sumith Prasanna’s relatives were also present, she said that they were not at all satisfied with the way the police investigations were conducted.
“My husband was never involved in any sort of crime, but he had a habit of speaking out against injustice irrespective of the status of those responsible for the injustice. Today I have lost him because of that.
"Attempts made by us to reveal what we saw that night have failed. The police ignored our revelations. There are many eye witnesses who are keen on giving statements to the police. But no statements from those who witnessed the incident were taken by the police during their so-called investigations,” she said.
She described what she witnessed as follows.
“At around 11.30 pm I heard a loud noise at the house party where my husband was helping the organisers. I came out of my house and ran towards that house. Several men were being beaten by men wielding batons. A police jeep was stopped in front. I ran here and there looking for my husband, despite my poor health. I found him arguing with some police officers. He was asking them not to break the law and to do their duty properly. I was afraid. I dragged him away and begged him to go home even if some injustice had been done. As we were leaving, the party organisers asked us to have dinner. Suddenly, some police officers came up and pointed my husband out to other police officers who were in plainclothes. They dragged my husband away by his collar. When I was clung to his hands, I was pushed away by the police. He was taken upstairs, then I heard the sound of glass breaking. I rushed upstairs and saw my husband being pushed out of the building. He was begging them not to beat him, but they paid no heed. Finally I found him on the floor in a pool of blood. No one offered to take him to hospital. Later he was taken to hospital in a three-wheeler but I lost him,” Sumith's weeping wife said.
She said police had obstructed her when giving her statement at the DIG's office in Ratnapura. She was suspicious of the conduct of the police and the manner in which officers of the Embilipitiya Police and the DIG's office in Ratnapura recorded her complaint.
The impartiality of the ongoing investigations was doubtful, she said.
Meanwhile, Attorney at Law Vijitha G. Punchihewa, who is representing the victim’s relatives, asked the police to submit the police investigation report issued by DIG C.D. Wickramaratne on the death of Sumith Prasanna.
Social activist Udul Premaratne, who is also a lawyer, said they would take legal action against, "another funny and dramatic turn of events" -- where Police Spokesman ASP Ruwan Gunasekara handled the witnesses on behalf of the police at the magisterial inquiry.
He said this had already destroyed their expectation of an impartial hearing. (Piyumi Fonseka) - See more at: http://www.dailymirror.lk/103607/i-saw-sumith-pushed-off-the-building-says-wife
Final rights of the Ambilipitiya youth held peacefully
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Thursday, January 21, 2016
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Dr. Dayan Jayatilake Sri Lanka Former Butchers of Viet Nam Are Now Preachers of HumanRights
#GOSL #SriLanka #LKA hits back at #UNHRC
Chief. Following the news release on 7 November 2014 by the UN Office
of the High Commissioner for Human Rights condemning disinformation
designed to discredit the UN investigation on Sri Lanka, the Permanent
Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN in Geneva Ravinatha Aryasinha has
sent the following communication to the UN High Commissioner for Human
Rights, also copying it to the President of the Human Rights Council
Baudelaire Ndong Ella,. http://www.ft.lk/2014/11/10/gosl-hits-back-at-unhrc-chief/
FLASH BACK
Former UN Ambassador to Sri Lanak Dr. Dayan Jayatileka said once at UNHRC: "Former Butchers of #VietNam Are Now Preachers of #HumanRights" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caxQXgRPNHY
Ho Chi Minh: "Today the Grass Hopper fights the Elephant, but tomorrow the Elephant will be disemboweled" Dr. Dayan reminds us the dark memories of Viet Nam. Those western butchers of Viet Nam now preach Human Rights to Sri Lanka. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caxQXgRPNHY
0:13 Mr. President, In our time, no peoples, or nation have suffered graver violations of human rights than have the people of Viet Nam at the hands of numerous foreign big powers. The landscape of Viet Nam and the bodies of it's people are testimony of hypocrisy of those who try to lecture people of Asia on Human Rights.
0:40 Mr President, Viet Nam more than any other country has stood up for the human rights of its own people and for the human rights of peoples throughout the world by fighting for national independence, freedom and social progress.
1:40 As President Ho Chi Minh, I beloved uncle Ho said, at the beginning of the struggle; "Today the Grass Hopper fights the Elephant, but tomorrow the Elephant will be disemboweled"
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