“We Have No connection With The Govt. Other Than Our Leader Ven. Kiram’s Relationship Wth Gota” – BBS CEO Vithanage

June 28, 2013

“We are not supported by the government as accused by many people including the media,” the chief executive officer of the Bodu Bala Sena, Dilanthe Vithanage, told Colombo Telegraph.

Vithange said that when asked for the relationship between the BBS and the Sri Lankan government, adding that “For example, we wanted to meet President Rajapaksa to discuss the issues we are raising, and we had sent 18 letters to him seeking an appointment before we got an appointment on January 27. This itself explains our relationship with the government.”

Speaking further he said, “Only the secretary to the ministry of defence responded to our letter and came to open one of our projects. That is also because our leader Ven. Kerama Vimalajothi has a relationship with him”

When asked whether the secretary to the ministry of defence is a blood relative of the Ven. Vimalajothi, Vithanage said; “I really don’t know but I know they have a long relationship.”

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The ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has shocked the world and drawn attention to rising Islamophobia in Asia. Now Muslims in Sri Lanka are under dire threat as well.

The similarities with Myanmar are striking and foreboding. Buddhist monks are at the forefront of the rising hatred, the government is taking sides against Muslims and attacks have begun.

Full scale violence is threatening to break out to create another catastrophe for Muslims in the region. There have already been a series of attacks on mosques and Muslim places of work.

Hard line, ultra nationalist groups led by Buddhist monks such as Buddhist Strength Force (BBS) and Sinhala Echo preach the same message as those of the Buddhist Rakhine in Myanmar: “Muslims are taking over, they are building too many mosques and are trying to destroy our culture.”

On this week’s INFocus we document the rising crisis in Sri Lanka and attempt to bring the world’s attention to the issue before it’s too late.

Courtesy PressTV