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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Another revelation on Lalith Jayasinghe; a luxury hotel built with policeman’s salary
Fulfilling
a promise given previously by Lanka News Web, published below are
pictures of a 20-room hotel, owned by senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe and
located near the beach at Thiranagama, Hikkaduwa in Galle.
Saved his entire salary?
A considerable amount of money is needed to build such a hotel at a
location like this. The basic salary of a DIG is around Rs. 60,000.
Jayasinghe should be commended for his effort and for having saved his
entire salary to build this hotel.
Manoj Mendis gave the land
Leaving aside the money spent, the land on which the hotel is located
was given him by former Rathgama Pradeshiya Sabha chairman Manoj Mendis,
who was the leading underworld figure in the area. When he was shot
dead by his underworld rivals on 23 March 2015, he had 13 murder charges
against him, in addition to charges of robbery, assault, extortion and
drug dealing. Mendis did all this with the power of the then Rajapaksa
regime. We do not know as to why such a thug donated a land to
Jayasinghe to build a hotel. But, there is evidence to prove that
Jayasinghe had many dealings with the notorious politicians of the area.
Jayasinghe’s ‘contributions’ to tourism
Jayasinghe also made his ‘contributions’ to tourism. He gave protection
to the main accused in the murder of British national Khurram Shaikh and
gang rape of his Russian girlfriend at a Christmas party on 24 December
2011 at a tourist hotel in Tangalle. The then chairman of Tangalle
Pradeshiya Sabha Sampath Pushpachandra Vidanapathirana and his cronies
committed the crime. If the country is filled with persons like
Jayasinghe, Vidanapathirana could be qualified to hold the tourism
minister portfolio from his prison cell.
Jayasinghe’s respect for Tangalle rapist-killer
When
the CID went to Tangalle to arrest Vidanapathirana, Jayasinghe took him
to them in his jeep, seating him in the front seat. While handing him
over, Jayasinghe told the CID officials, “This is our chairman of the
Pradeshiya Sabha. He is blamed for others’ wrongs. Do not touch him.”
Taking him to Tangalle police, the CID imprisoned him. Jayasinghe
followed them to the police station, and seeing Vidanapathirana in the
cell, said angrily, “Are you mad? This is our chairman. Can a
respectable person like him be kept in the cell?” and took him out. But,
the courts have found him guilty and Vidanapathirana is today behind
bars.
Not a novice at harbouring criminals
All
these make it clear that Jayasinghe is not a novice when it comes to
harbouring criminals. He is presently in remand custody for having
helped the main accused in the Pungudutivu schoolgirl Vidya gang rape
and murder, to flee. The police commission has also suspended him from
service.
If proper investigations had taken place previously into the special
treatment given to Vidanapathirana as well as the political thug Atha
Kota, who had killed the superintendent of Nooriya estate, Jayasinghe
would not have remained in the DIG seat to harbour the Vidya murder
suspect.
These should be lessons for the future to prevent juniors in the police
from following the footsteps of seniors like Jayasinghe. If the police
wants to save its face from numerous black marks against it, it should
at least ensure that Jayasinghe was given the maximum possible
punishment by the law.