A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Thursday, June 15, 2017
PM vows to enact new laws to deal with hate speech, crimes-... directs police to investigate attacks against Muslims
by Zacki Jabbar-June 14, 2017, 12:00 pm
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said yesterday that Police had been
instructed to investigate recent attacks on mosques and arrest the
perpetrators.
Addressing journalists at Temple Trees, he said the government led by
President Maithripala Sirisena was committed to upholding the rule of
law and would not permit extremist elements to revive ethnic conflicts
and create chaos in the country. " The Cabinet has directed the police
to deal strictly with anyone responsible for causing ethnic or religious
disharmony. We are even prepared to introduce new laws if necessary."
The Prime Minister’s assurance has come while police are looking for the
Bodu Bala Sena General Secretary Galagodatte Gnanasara Thera in hiding.
He is accused of masterminiding a series attacks on Christian and
Muslim religious places of worship.
"I am proud to be a Sinhala Buddhist and Sri Lankan" Wickremesinghe
said, adding that those who vilified other people’s religions and
cultures should be ashamed to call themselves Sri Lankans.
Emphasising that the violations of the law would be investigated
impartially, he said that the country would not be allowed to slide into
a state of communal disturbances witnessed in 2014, which had tarnished
the image of the country and led to international condemnation.
Wickremesinghe pointed out that a National Unity Government had been
elected to create an inclusive society where all Sri Lankans enjoyed
equal rights. No one, he said, would be allowed to derail that
objective.