Mangala Robbery Case: Sirasa Director Pays Legal Fees For Suspect’s Top Lawyer
January 24, 2014
A director of the Capital Maharaja Group that owns the Sirasa TV network is paying the legal fees of leading criminal lawyer Hemantha Warnakulasuriya who has decided to represent the thief that broke into the residence of UNP MP Mangala Samaraweera in Bolgoda earlier this month, sources told Colombo Telegraph.
Nimal Cooke
President’s Counsel Warnakulasuriya is being paid for his efforts by Capital Maharaja Group Executive Director and big businessman, Nimal Cooke. Meanwhile Warnakulasuriya is also a columnist at the Ceylon Today and Mawbima newspapers owned by DNA MP Tiran Alles. Both the Sirasa Network and the Mawbima Group are engaged in an intense mud-slinging campaign against Samaraweera using the suspect arrested for the break in at the MP’s house. The state media has also commenced a massive smear campaign about Samaraweera’s alleged relationship with the suspect.
Samaraweera filed a complaint against the suspect Hiran Priyankara. The suspect later complained to Police Headquarters after having obtained Warnakulasuriya’s services that the MP had been involved in ahomosexual relationship with him and the items stolen from his home were in fact gifts from Samaraweera. The suspect’s wife has also submitted an affidavit claiming that her husband was involved in a long-term liaison with the UNP MP. The suspect Hiran Priyankara was arrested by the police but mysteriously a guarantor had come forward to post bail for him on the robbery charge.
Warnakulasuriya escorted the suspect Hiran Priyankara to Police Headquarters in Fort to lodge the complaint against Samaraweera. The suspect is requesting the Police to investigate the nature of the relationship between Samaraweera and himself. Western Province DIG Anura Senanayake, a close associate of Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be conducting the investigation, according to Police Spokesman SSP Ajith Rohana. The aim is to have Samaraweera harrassed and even arrested on the basis of his sexuality, under Section 365A of the Penal Code that outlaws homosexuality.
Drones And Mosquitoes
By Rocco B. K. Panangadan -January 24, 2014
Rocco B. K. Panangadan
Malaria is a deadly virus that can have effects ranging from headaches and nausea to coma and death. Although it can be controlled by vaccines, if not properly treated it almost certainly leads to death.
Malaria comes from the infected female Anopheles mosquito. It is prevalent in tropical and sub-tropical regions like Africa and Asia.
Malaria is an annoyance in warfare, due to it’s prevalence around the globe, infecting soldiers everywhere. In the First World War, nearly 80 percent of 120,000 French soldiers stationed in Macedonia were hospitalized due to malaria. However, if malaria was used as a biological weapon, the results would be catastrophic. Third World countries like Afghanistan or Iraq would simply not be able to survive the immense number of casualties if malaria was to break out now due to the ongoing civil conflicts.
Malaria as a biological weapon would not be as easily detectable as other viruses or chemicals due to it not being a manmade virus or chemical. It’s natural. People would just think it was a malaria outbreak.
If terrorists were to release 1,000 infected Anopheles Mosquitoes into New York City, the results would be terrible. Tens of thousands of people would be infected. However, everyone would still think it is a malaria outbreak, not a biological attack. But remember, New York City is a big place. You could get
