SRI LANKA: An innocent businessman is tortured by Colombo Narcotics Unit officers in an attempt to extort money from him
November 21, 2013
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-144-2013
21 November 2013
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SRI LANKA: An innocent businessman is tortured by Colombo Narcotics Unit officers in an attempt to extort money from him
ISSUES: illegal arrest; detention; torture; Justice; impunity; rule of law
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Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Chithra Kumar (32) of Wattala in Nuwara Eliya District was arrested by officers from the Colombo Narcotics division and tortured in an effort to extort money from him. Kumar is a legitimate gold dealer who was arrested after returning from a business trip to Singapore. He was tortured over a period of five days and made to sign blank papers. Furthermore, his wife was placed under house arrest and forced to hand over a case which was likely used by the officers to plant evidence.
This case is yet another illustration of the exceptional collapse of the rule of law in the country.
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-144-2013
21 November 2013
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SRI LANKA: An innocent businessman is tortured by Colombo Narcotics Unit officers in an attempt to extort money from him
ISSUES: illegal arrest; detention; torture; Justice; impunity; rule of law
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Dear friends,
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Chithra Kumar (32) of Wattala in Nuwara Eliya District was arrested by officers from the Colombo Narcotics division and tortured in an effort to extort money from him. Kumar is a legitimate gold dealer who was arrested after returning from a business trip to Singapore. He was tortured over a period of five days and made to sign blank papers. Furthermore, his wife was placed under house arrest and forced to hand over a case which was likely used by the officers to plant evidence.
This case is yet another illustration of the exceptional collapse of the rule of law in the country.
