MaRa eavesdrops on Maithri – Berty discussion: Minister Maithri’s brother the timber thief remanded (Lanka-e-News -16.Oct.2012, 11.55PM) Pallewatte Gamaralage Priyantha alias Weli raju (sand King) alias Priyantha Sirisena , the brother of SLFP Gen, secretary and Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena was remanded until the 30 th by the Polonnaruwa Magistrate today on charges of assaulted the wild life conservation officers of Manampitiya. He is also notorious for cutting down and robbing valuable timber in the jungles as well as for illicit excavation of sand. This notorious rogue Priyantha Sirisena alias Weliraju had on the 6th arrived with some henchmen of the Forces at Manampitiiya and assaulted the wild life conservation officers and destroyed the files and the complaint against him . Besides two motor cycles had also been set on fire . The wild life officers had complained about this to the Polonnaruwa police.  Based on this complaint only one of the two suspects was arrested , but not Sirisena the other suspect who is the brother of the Minister Sirisena. However today (16) at noon he had surrendered to the police . When he was produced to court the police intriguingly did not object to granting bail to him . Magistrate Ruwan Dammika Dissanayake reputed for punctiliously following the laws , regardless of political connections remanded the Minister’s notorious rogue until the 30th of this month.The former chief Minister Berty Premalal who is openly and publicly opposing the regime chief MaRa has had telephone discussions with Minister Maithripala Sirisena , which have been eavesdropped on by the State intelligence service , and passed to MaRa. Thereafter MaRa who was hell bent on wreaking revenge had this early morning (16) instructed the SSP of the area to immediately arrest Minister’s brother. As the Minister’s brother had got wind of this instruction he had surrendered to the police this noon before he could be arrested.