SRI LANKA: A man is tortured and laid with false charges by the Balangoda police at the behest of a Pradesheeya Sabha chairman
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION-URGENT APPEAL PROGRAMME-19 March, 2014
Dear friends,The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that Mr. Yahaluge Wimalasiri (50) of Veliharanawa, Oluganthota, Balangoda in the District of Ratnapura complained to the chairman of the Pradesheeya Sabha for making indecent proposals to his wife. Subsequently he was severely beaten by the chairman’s supporters and then by officers of the Balangoda police who falsely charged him with stabbing the chairman. There is no evidence available to support the police charge and the chairman has never shown or complained of any such injury.
