Sri Lanka’s uneasy peace

More than two years have passed since the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka, but reconciliation still seems a long way off, writesAntonio Castillo

20 October 2011 

Above: Sri Lanka’s president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, a ubiquitous presence in the streets of Colombo.

WALKING the streets of Pettah – the oldest district in Colombo – I could see little evidence of the violence that took place in 1983, at the beginning of Sri Lanka’s twenty-six-year civil war. Pettah (pettai is a Tamil word for “outside the fort”) was once a home to Colombo’s Tamil community, but in July of that year hundreds were killed in retaliation for Tamil separatists’ killing of thirteen Sri Lankan soldiers in the northern district of Jaffna. The war between the majority Sinhalese Buddhists and minority Hindu Tamils would only end in May 2009, with the defeat of the Tamils.      Full Story>>>
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Fear struck Gota forces CID to exclude driver’s statement from B report that Duminda shot : Plan afoot to kill Bharatha’s driver

(Lanka-e-News -18.Oct.2011, 11.55P.M.) Liyanage Saman Shantha Perera , the driver of Late Bharatha Lakshman , had made it abundantly clear in his statement that Duminda Silva came along with about 100 others in 20 vehicles , and as he alighted from the vehicle he slapped Bharatha Lakshman and shot him, according to reports.
In the quadruple murder at Mulleriyawa , Liyanage Saman Shanntha Perera is the most important witness , and he has been warned by the CID that he is a target for murder , while it is also revealed that the regime chief and the fear cum guilt stricken younger brother Gothaya are only concerned about protecting the killers in these ghastly murders. 
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