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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Justice Warawawa’s
life at stake –Two murderers to be granted Presidential pardon
(Lanka-e-News-
29.July.2012, 2.30AM) The sudden arrangements which are being made to give
Presidential pardon to two murderers who were sentenced to death by justice
Warawawa , according to reports reaching Lanka e news is a conspiracy, and
constitutes a grave threat to the life of Warawawa.
The former judge M T M P B Warawawa went on retirement on the 31st of January 2012. The last case he heard prior to his retirement was that where burgher Hamer family including father, son and daughter were most brutally murdered in 2003. These murders were committed with a view to appropriating the properties belonging to the family by fraudulent means . Among the properties was a land in extent 80 perches bordering Galle Road. These murders were linked to a multi million rupee transaction.
But the murders were dressed to show that the murders occurred when a house robbery was being committed. The two murders were Harrison Jayaweera and and Sunil Shantha. The police tried to shield these two murderers and produced a Tamil youth by the name of Kadiravel Mahendran as the murderer to court . Kadiravel who became a crown witness made a confession .
Based on that a number of facts came to light. Hamer who was more than 79 years old was hit by a club repeatedly and killed. After being in hiding , when Hamer’s daughter Anne who was working in a Mt. Lavinia Hotel as a guest relation officer came home , and his son Deemon who was a Sampath Bank officer also returned they were also murdered separately. It was also revealed that there was backing of the police and those in the highest places for the murderers. In fact , the police were mysteriously divested of the investigations , and even without giving it over to the CID , the AG handed over the investigations to the Interpol.
Justice Warawawa who heard this case for four years finally passed a verdict of death sentence on these two individuals Harrison and Sunil Shantha mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs. The judgment was delivered by Warawawa steering clear of any evil influence , while quoting a famous saying.
Following this verdict , the two murderers filed an appeal against it. Meanwhile, based on S 34(1) of the Constitution , suddenly Shyamini Wijetunge the assist. Secretary (legal) to the Justice Minister had sent a letter to the Secretary of the High court calling for the confidential report of the Judge who gave the judgment, in order to obtain the Minister’s recommendations.
S 34 (1) is a provision relating to Presidential pardons. It is very clear from these moves that the President is trying to grant pardons to these two murderers.
Why is the President seeking to grant pardons when an appeal has been filed and its decision is pending ? Is the President vested with this right to descend to this lowliest levels to grant pardons for brutal murderers ?
Among the people and those of the judiciary these moves have instilled grave suspicions in their minds.
After Warawawa’s retirement , along with Ven. Sobitha Thero the chief incumbent of the Kotte
Naga viharaya, they are holding conferences across the Island with a view to creating a just administration in the country. This has become a thorn in the side of the MaRa regime . To the members of the MaRa regime , if anybody speaks for or promotes justice and just rule , they are MaRa regime’s worst enemies and their actions are an anathema. Websites which reported the truth and stood for justice could be banned, but how can a judge be stopped who is championing the cause of justice and just rule ?
MaRa’s approach in such instances to eradicate the thorn in his side is by giving the order ,‘ hit and liquidate’. So , if the murderers against whom the judge gave the death sentence are given a pardon and released , and they liquidate the judge , MaRa ‘s job can be accomplished without staining his hands directly with blood. Besides , the judges ( male and female) against whom the MaRa regime is harboring grudges can also be frightened and intimidated thereby.
(Lanka-e-News-
29.July.2012, 2.30AM) The sudden arrangements which are being made to give
Presidential pardon to two murderers who were sentenced to death by justice
Warawawa , according to reports reaching Lanka e news is a conspiracy, and
constitutes a grave threat to the life of Warawawa. The former judge M T M P B Warawawa went on retirement on the 31st of January 2012. The last case he heard prior to his retirement was that where burgher Hamer family including father, son and daughter were most brutally murdered in 2003. These murders were committed with a view to appropriating the properties belonging to the family by fraudulent means . Among the properties was a land in extent 80 perches bordering Galle Road. These murders were linked to a multi million rupee transaction.
But the murders were dressed to show that the murders occurred when a house robbery was being committed. The two murders were Harrison Jayaweera and and Sunil Shantha. The police tried to shield these two murderers and produced a Tamil youth by the name of Kadiravel Mahendran as the murderer to court . Kadiravel who became a crown witness made a confession .
Based on that a number of facts came to light. Hamer who was more than 79 years old was hit by a club repeatedly and killed. After being in hiding , when Hamer’s daughter Anne who was working in a Mt. Lavinia Hotel as a guest relation officer came home , and his son Deemon who was a Sampath Bank officer also returned they were also murdered separately. It was also revealed that there was backing of the police and those in the highest places for the murderers. In fact , the police were mysteriously divested of the investigations , and even without giving it over to the CID , the AG handed over the investigations to the Interpol.
Justice Warawawa who heard this case for four years finally passed a verdict of death sentence on these two individuals Harrison and Sunil Shantha mentioned in the foregoing paragraphs. The judgment was delivered by Warawawa steering clear of any evil influence , while quoting a famous saying.
Following this verdict , the two murderers filed an appeal against it. Meanwhile, based on S 34(1) of the Constitution , suddenly Shyamini Wijetunge the assist. Secretary (legal) to the Justice Minister had sent a letter to the Secretary of the High court calling for the confidential report of the Judge who gave the judgment, in order to obtain the Minister’s recommendations.
S 34 (1) is a provision relating to Presidential pardons. It is very clear from these moves that the President is trying to grant pardons to these two murderers.
Why is the President seeking to grant pardons when an appeal has been filed and its decision is pending ? Is the President vested with this right to descend to this lowliest levels to grant pardons for brutal murderers ?
Among the people and those of the judiciary these moves have instilled grave suspicions in their minds.
After Warawawa’s retirement , along with Ven. Sobitha Thero the chief incumbent of the Kotte
Naga viharaya, they are holding conferences across the Island with a view to creating a just administration in the country. This has become a thorn in the side of the MaRa regime . To the members of the MaRa regime , if anybody speaks for or promotes justice and just rule , they are MaRa regime’s worst enemies and their actions are an anathema. Websites which reported the truth and stood for justice could be banned, but how can a judge be stopped who is championing the cause of justice and just rule ?
MaRa’s approach in such instances to eradicate the thorn in his side is by giving the order ,‘ hit and liquidate’. So , if the murderers against whom the judge gave the death sentence are given a pardon and released , and they liquidate the judge , MaRa ‘s job can be accomplished without staining his hands directly with blood. Besides , the judges ( male and female) against whom the MaRa regime is harboring grudges can also be frightened and intimidated thereby.
