Namal seeks doctorate in criminology
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It is revealed that President’s son Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa is reading for a doctorate in criminology at Sri Jayawardenepura University. Interestingly, Professor of Geography Prof. H.N. Karunaratna acts as the consultative professor for the subject.
There was quite an uproar when Mr. Namal Rajapaksa sat for the law examination. He answered the question papers alone in a special room with internet facilities. A student who sat the same exam the same year challenged this move and filed a fundamental petition at Human Rights Commission. He received death threats after he filed the petition and had to go abroad.
Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa reading for the doctorate without even having a degree for criminology too is quite out of the ordinary. Meanwhile, it is revealed that a professor involved in holding workshops for police officers is making available the necessary theses to Mr. Rajapaksa.
There was quite an uproar when Mr. Namal Rajapaksa sat for the law examination. He answered the question papers alone in a special room with internet facilities. A student who sat the same exam the same year challenged this move and filed a fundamental petition at Human Rights Commission. He received death threats after he filed the petition and had to go abroad.
Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa reading for the doctorate without even having a degree for criminology too is quite out of the ordinary. Meanwhile, it is revealed that a professor involved in holding workshops for police officers is making available the necessary theses to Mr. Rajapaksa.
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Final exams controversy[edit]
In December 2010, several media sources reported that Rajapaksa had allegedly received special treatment during his final examination at Sri Lanka Law College.[18][19][20] A fellow law student, Thushara Jayarathna, alleged that Rajapaksa had been given a separate room along with an internet enabled computer, later filing a complaint with the Law College examination system, Keselwaththa police station and the Supreme Court.[19]
Media and NGO sources reports that Jayarathna's complaints were largely ignored or rejected,[21] although he appeared before the college authorities early in January 2011.[19] After the incident, sources reported that Jayarathna had been allegedly abducted and beaten up by the police, and that he also received multiple death threats traced to the police[20] and the college.[21][22][23]
According to the principal of the college, an investigation had been held but it concluded that the allegations "were based on hearsay" and "unfounded".[24] Although the official investigation didn't find anything irregular, the threats against Jayarathna have not been investigated.[21] The Colombo Telegraph reported that the consequences of Jayarathna's reporting wasn't unusual and that he is one of several others who have been harassed or persecuted after filing complaints against the ruling family or the police.[19] Chief JusticeAsoka de Silva also questioned the investigation, saying "We have only one Law College in Sri Lanka. If there are suspicions over its credibility, it will affect the whole profession."[18]
Rajapaksa was sworn in as an attorney at law on 15 December 2011 before a panel of Supreme Court judges including Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake.[25][26]
