Rajapakse regime releases murder convict, latest is another Rajapakse by name
(Lanka-e-News-24.Dec.2012, 6.00PM) Readers will be aware that Lanka e news had already reported on the illegal measures the despotic and murderous Rajapakse regime is proposing to take. That is , use the criminals in prisons who are facing murder charges. One such instance was exposed by us where the Welikade prisoners were taken out clandestinely after covering them with cloths brought by the murderous regime’s criminal officials on the day of the recent Welikade prison attack.
The latest in this criminal action of the despotic regime is the release of R Devage Somaratne Rajapakse ( not of the special Rajapakse family) who was in the special B 3 ward of the Welikade prison . He was the chief suspect in the murder of Krishanthi Kumaraswamy and was a most controversial criminal during the tenure of office of President Chandrika Kumaratunge.
This Rajapakse was a Lance Corporal in the intelligence division of the Forces. He was among the five suspects who were sentenced . The others were serving their sentence in the Bogambara prison. One of the suspects escaped from prison , and the case was heard without him and death sentence was passed. Three others were sentenced to 20 years in prison . All of them are soldiers of the Forces, while one suspect is a police officer.
During the trial it was proved that in 1996 , 18 year old Krishanthi Kumaraswamy , a student who went missing was raped and killed by these soldiers at the Kaithady security post. Later her body was discovered at an army camp .
These suspects were sentenced after a long trial and in the panel of judges that heard the case , Dr. Shiranee Bandaranayake , the present CJ was one of the judges. In the past , the Govt. carried on a campaign that this judgment was politically motivated and accusations were hurled against the CJ.. The sordid individual , a pro MaRa lackey who spearheaded this campaign most was a media personnel attached to the Divaina newspaper , holding a high position in the SL telecom Co.
This unscrupulous individual took pains to go to the prison and conduct a live interview with this convict. Though it is impossible legally to meet a prisoner who is facing a death sentence , this individual was allowed to conduct the wrongful and unlawful interview to fulfill the needs of the MaRa regime .
Yesterday, the so called CID officers and another supposed to be from the Attorney General’s (AG’s) Dept . who arrived at the prison had after meeting this prisoner obtained his signature on some documents . After the officers had left , this murder convict, former Corporal Rajapakse Devalage Somaratne had bragged to others ‘ you can see my photo and name in the front page headline news in the newspapers tomorrow or day after. I am doing something towards that’.
May we recall that we reported on two occasions that the CJ had been receiving death threats from the MaRa regime.
(Lanka-e-News-24.Dec.2012, 6.00PM) Readers will be aware that Lanka e news had already reported on the illegal measures the despotic and murderous Rajapakse regime is proposing to take. That is , use the criminals in prisons who are facing murder charges. One such instance was exposed by us where the Welikade prisoners were taken out clandestinely after covering them with cloths brought by the murderous regime’s criminal officials on the day of the recent Welikade prison attack. The latest in this criminal action of the despotic regime is the release of R Devage Somaratne Rajapakse ( not of the special Rajapakse family) who was in the special B 3 ward of the Welikade prison . He was the chief suspect in the murder of Krishanthi Kumaraswamy and was a most controversial criminal during the tenure of office of President Chandrika Kumaratunge.
This Rajapakse was a Lance Corporal in the intelligence division of the Forces. He was among the five suspects who were sentenced . The others were serving their sentence in the Bogambara prison. One of the suspects escaped from prison , and the case was heard without him and death sentence was passed. Three others were sentenced to 20 years in prison . All of them are soldiers of the Forces, while one suspect is a police officer.
During the trial it was proved that in 1996 , 18 year old Krishanthi Kumaraswamy , a student who went missing was raped and killed by these soldiers at the Kaithady security post. Later her body was discovered at an army camp .
These suspects were sentenced after a long trial and in the panel of judges that heard the case , Dr. Shiranee Bandaranayake , the present CJ was one of the judges. In the past , the Govt. carried on a campaign that this judgment was politically motivated and accusations were hurled against the CJ.. The sordid individual , a pro MaRa lackey who spearheaded this campaign most was a media personnel attached to the Divaina newspaper , holding a high position in the SL telecom Co.
This unscrupulous individual took pains to go to the prison and conduct a live interview with this convict. Though it is impossible legally to meet a prisoner who is facing a death sentence , this individual was allowed to conduct the wrongful and unlawful interview to fulfill the needs of the MaRa regime .
Yesterday, the so called CID officers and another supposed to be from the Attorney General’s (AG’s) Dept . who arrived at the prison had after meeting this prisoner obtained his signature on some documents . After the officers had left , this murder convict, former Corporal Rajapakse Devalage Somaratne had bragged to others ‘ you can see my photo and name in the front page headline news in the newspapers tomorrow or day after. I am doing something towards that’.
May we recall that we reported on two occasions that the CJ had been receiving death threats from the MaRa regime.
