Defense Sec. Basnayake’s plot defeated; fearing mounting opposition signs DO – Sandya replies to sordid media coolies (video)

(Lanka-e-News- 28.Aug.2015, 4.30PM) The detention order which was being held back by defense secretary B.M.U. D.  Basnayake had at last been signed last evening based on reports reaching Lanka e news.The CID sought this detention order under the prevention of terrorism Act (PTA) in respect of the suspects, two army lieutenant Colonels and two army officers  for the continued investigation into their direct involvements in the abduction and cruel murder of journalist Prageeth Ekneliyagoda. 

It is a matter for national concern , even after the attorney general (AG)  had given his legal instructions and despite the gravity of the crimes , Basnayake the defense secreatry who should take the initiative to bring such ruthless criminlas to book was on the contrary  dilly dallying without signing the detention order (DO).

After these criminal manipulations came to light ,late  Prageeth’s wife Sandya Ekneliyagoda  convening a Press briefing this noon with the participation of civil organizations and media organization chiefs warned and  exerted pressures on the State defense secretary and the government to okay the detention order  ( DO) without any delay, in order to continue with the Ekneliyagoda murder investigation  by the CID which had uncovered invaluable information regarding those who were truly behind the countless abductions , disappearances and murders during the Rajapakse regime.

The Free media campaign , civil organization , trade unions  and their representatives , Seetha Ranjani , Udaya Kalupathirane , Saman Rathnapriya respectively together with Josef Stalin participated in this briefing.

The groups urged the president and the prime minister not to allow the crimes of murder , corruption and violence of the previous government to be suppressed under the pretext of forming a national government. They also demanded that in regard to those grave crimes and corruption that were exposed by UNP Nalin Bandara , Ajit P. Perera and Manaperuma during the ‘Helidharauwa’ TV program should also be commenced in the same way as Ekneliyagoda’s murder case.

It is most vital that the individuals responsible for the abduction and murder of Prageeth are most expeditiously tracked down . This will help in the investigations into the  disappearances during the past of Lalith, Kugan, and murders of Dharmaratnam Sivaram , Lasantha Wickremetunge , and Nimalarajan and others , whereby those  culprits can also  be apprehended , said , Josef Stalin , of  Lanka teachers association .

At the conclusion of the media conference , the trade union leaders sent sms messages to the P.M.  and president requesting to issue the DO before the day is out , to enable the investigations to continue uninterrupted. The P.M. replied by sms by evening that the request would be granted. Lanka e news later was informed that the defense secretary has finally signed the DO in the evening.

The low bred sordid media coolies including Uvindu Kurukulasooriya and Ruwan Ferdinands are propagating malicious gossips and irresponsible fairy tales that Prageeth was murdered because he had links with the Tigers and Karuna Amman; had many women ; and sent ashes of dead people to  Mahinda Rajapakse . 

Sandya Ekneliyagoda fearlessly repudiated these charges and boldly said , these malicious gossips are being spread at the behest of Mahinda Rajapakse , and that is very clear. 

 ‘By now the investigations have revealed that Gotabaya Rajapakse gave orders for these crimes.. I am only inquiring about an individual who disappeared.No person or organization has the right to cause an individual to disappear or  be abducted’ Hence all these false tales and bogus announcements are of  no use .

I am only asking to reveal the truth , and nothing but the truth. That is the responsibility of the CID. I am asking the IGP to disclose the facts unearthed so far in accordance with the laws. That is the best message which can be conveyed to those journalists  and Rajapakses who are living and flourishing on lies, Sandya pointed out.

Herunder is the video tape of the statement made by her following the media briefing to the  Vikalpa web site

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by     (2015-08-28 11:11:52)