Recent abduction in Wanathamulla gets UNHRC attention

 Friday, 21 February 2014

 General

The recent abduction that took place in the Wanathamulla area has grabbed the attention of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) says the United National Party (UNP).

The UNP in a statement has said that a resident of Wanathamulla, Sunil Samaradheera was abducted by an unidentified group since he spoke for the rights of the residents.

Samaradheera had led the protests against relocating the Wanathamulla shanty dwellers to government-constructed flats for which they have to pay to the authorities.

The residents of Wanathamulla area held a massive protest blocking the Baseline Road demanding Sunil’s release, after which Sunil was released by the roadside in the Biyagama area.

The UNP has accused the authorities of carrying out the abduction.

The UNP has added that the abduction was a part of the naive state administration and weak diplomatic management that has had an adverse impact on the government locally as well as internationally.

‘Say Geneva & boss comes running’ - Thondaman

Friday, 21 February 2014 

“These days, if something wants to be get done by the president, say Geneva, and he will do anything. Normally, the man cannot be brought by even laying carpets, but early this morning he had left for Kotagala. I only suggested a Pooja to win in Geneva. He came running”, said minister Arumugam Thondaman this morning (21) to a fellow minister who had given him a call.

The minister who had given the call, asked, “Thondi, we too, are ill-starred these days. Why didn’t you invite us for this Pooja? You hold Poojas only for the boss?” Responding, Thondaman said, “You people come at one telephone call. The boss cannot be brought that easily. But, these days, if we say ‘Geneva’, anything can be get done by him. You too, hold some Poojas. He will do anything.”

According to reports reaching us, the president has gone to Kotagala to the devil dance organized by Thondaman. The minister has got his Hyderabad female friend Rupa Magandhi to send nine exorcists from Kerala, India. Also, he pretends that he is spending his personal money to provide for their airfare, transport, food and accommodation, but it is actually the membership money of the Ceylon Workers’ Congress that is being spent.

Minister Thondaman, together with Rupa Magandhi, is wasting the membership fees of poor estate labourers, who pay from their hard earned money. According to internal sources of the CWC, this spending to deceive the president will never be properly audited.