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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Friday, June 2, 2017
Fugitive Gnanasara Thero – Protected By A VIP?
A dear friend of mine said “A VIP (Very Idiotic Person) is suspected of protecting this violent fugitive monk Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thero from the long arm of the law.” He has caused over 25 incidents of hate, intimidation and violence against Muslims during the last month alone. He has blasphemed Allah,
the holy Prophet and Islam in the crudest possible manner that no
Muslim can forgive. I suspect that the so-called VIP is from our
hallowed Parliament, and is hiding this elusive monk to use him to
harness Buddhist votes, little realising that President Mahinda
Rajapaksa committed the same blunder. The many police teams deployed on
presidential orders to the Inspector General Of Police have not traced
his whereabouts, and the president is silent. Is it just one ‘VIP’ or
a group or political party that is hiding this so-called monk, who
certainly is a disgrace to the noble teachings of Lord Buddha? The
Police have to extricate itself from this quagmire, when one arm of the
Government orders the arrest, a group within acts contrary to the
decision of the President, Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Ministers.
Is this what the voters for a government of good governance expected in
2015? This extremist has been causing so much mayhem throughout the
country- intimidating and causing violence against the Muslim community
that forced the Cabinet of Ministers to intervene. The Cabinet decision
to hold the officers of local police stations responsible for any breach
of peace in their police area is a welcome move. This could lead to
violation of fundamental rights applications filed directly against the
OICs of police stations. Regretfully, the majority of the Sinhala media
who seem to be supportive of Buddhist extremism has decided to play this
cabinet decision down.
Media reports claim that several police teams have been deployed to arrest and
produce the fugitive monk before the court of law. A travel ban has
been imposed on him so that he does not leave the country. He could,
using his connections, cross over to India by boat and move towards
Myanmar, but I am confident that Myanmar will not host this fugitive, as
it has already placed their “Face of Buddhist Terror” Ashin Wirathu under house arrest.
It
is regrettable that our super efficient cyber crimes police force who
were able to trace the young student who had hacked in to the
President’s web page and prosecuted him within days, has not been able
to trace Ven. Gnanasara Thero despite his regular appearance on social
media; this is ample evidence that there is VIP patronage at the monk’s
current safe house.
It has long being suspected that some rogue elements within the Police department were conniving with Bodu Bala Sena and
Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara Thero on his racist mission against the
minorities. Clear evidence of this is the access this venerable monk has
had to the complaint made at Police headquarters by three cabinet
ministers, two parliamentarians and a former provincial councillor. Within
hours, he had access to the detailed complaint made by these
legislators, and he made a counter complaint/charge at Police
Headquarters responding to the Muslim complainants and demanding that
the Police takes action against them. It is a well-conceived plan
orchestrated with the support of some rogue police officers to sidetrack
his arrest.
The chandi venerable
monk who only a few days ago claimed that he does not fear the Police
nor the Judiciary, is on the run. All exit points of the country have
been alerted through court orders that he should not be allowed to leave
the nation’s shores. Yet, Ven. Gnanasara Thero’s regular posts on
social media have not been tracked. His
outgoing and incoming phone calls have not been investigated, and the
location from where he posts his social media messages have not been
checked. His recorded messages broadcast can easily be traced if the
police seek the assistance of the phone company through the
Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRC). Further, the civilian head
of Bodu Bala Sena, Dr. Dilanthe Withanage states on his Facebook page
that Ven. Galagoda Atte Gnanasara is being kept in a safe house. Why
have the police not questioned Dr. Withanage or the many other Facebook
warriors who claim to be in touch with this fugitive? Will the police be
as lethargic as they are now if a man with a cap had insulted lord
Buddha the way Ven. Gnanasara Thero insults Allah and the Muslims? It
didn’t take 24 hours for the Muslim community to hand over to police the
Sri Lanka Thowheed Jamath’s Abdul Razick when he blasphemed lord Buddha.