Deputy minister made a policeman kneel on highway: Sally says

Deputy minister made a policeman kneel on highway: Sally says

 May 28, 2014
Azad Sally, leader of National Unity Front, has alleged that a policeman was made to kneel on a highway.

He made this statement at a media briefing held Wednesday in Colombo.

“A deputy minister had been speeding on the highway. He was travelling at 140 kilometres per hour. He was stopped at the Kottawa interchange and the police had given him a ticket. What happened there? He made the policeman who gave him the ticket sit on the pavement and, within two hours, they had transferred him.”

“The man in the police who tried to enforce the law was made to kneel on the highway. This is the law of the country. We have said before that the law in this country has gone to the dogs. We say this everyday.”

He added: “Incidents like this are shown on the TV everyday. You cannot watch a news bulletin because of all the murders and thefts.”

Who is the Deputy Minister that Azad Sally is referring to?

Vass to be tried for threatening CID ASP

Sunday, 01 June 2014

Former DIG Vaas Gunawardena will be tried on September 22 for intimidating CID ASP Shani Abeysekera and some other CID detectives while he was being questioned by them over the killing of millionaire businessman Mohamed Shiyam.

The former DIG who is in remand in connection with the killing of Mohamed Shiyam was today produced in the Colombo High Court to answer the charges against him for threatening to kill ASP Shani Abeysekera, Special Investigation Unit OIC M.A.S. Ranjith Munasinghe and some other CID officers saying, “Shani, I am a murderer; you won’t be able to keep me inside forever. When I am out, see what I will do to all of you.”

When the case taken up for inquiry, Counsel Ananda Vidyaratne told Magistrate Tennakoon that his client Vaas Gunawardena was prepared to arrive at an amicable settlement,   

When State Counsel Chaminda Athukorala asked Mr. Abeysekera whether such a settlement was possible he said he was not prepared to arrive at such a settlement and this led to Judge Devika Tennakoon fixing the  trial for September 12.