Flimsy and ridiculous loudspeaker theft charge against Mangala enlarged on bail :Ranil to strike back against witch hunt
(Lanka-e-News-16.Oct.2013,4.30PM) The Matara chief magistrate Ruwan Sisira ordered that Mangala Samaraweera M.P. ,Devinuwara UNP electorate organizer H R Wimalasiri and UNP Balapitiya electorate organizer Kamal Soysa charged with theft of a loudspeaker be released on personal bails of Rs. 100,000 each.
The police submitted a B report to the court in respect of the above named individuals who surrendered to the police yesterday(15), based on charges that the crowd with them attacked with cinnamon poles , caused damage to a vehicle and robbed a loudspeaker
While Samaraweera was being enlarged on bail , a further 6 UNP activists were arrested by the police . Accordingly , so far 44 individuals have been taken into custody . But only two suspects were arrested of the Maharaja faction.
The police submitting a further report stated in writing to court that in connection with the incident of 5 th October , 14 individuals including Mangala Samaraweera ought to be arrested . But this number had dissolved away and as at yesterday , charges have been filed against only 7 of them .
These so called suspects are UNP stalwarts who in fact have nothing to do with the Matara incident. The indictment against them that they robbed a loudspeaker is as flimsy as is most ludicrous.
It is the general consensus that , this is truly a devil dance performed by the joint efforts of a spineless judge and the police scoundrels which are part and parcel of a witch hunt directed against opposition politicos.
Strangely ,those who were produced before the court day before yesterday(14) have been replaced by another group yesterday(15). In other words , those who were wrongdoers before the law 14th are not so yesterday, and those who were not wrongdoers 14th have become wrongdoers yesterday under the MaRa’s capricious (il )legal system .
.Nissanka , attorney at law speaking to Lanka e news said , they have even filed a charge that Mangala Samarweera had robbed a loudspeaker . How ridiculous is this . There is absolutely no law here , it is just a vindictive and venomous agenda against the opposition politicos, he added.
Hereunder are the names of the 7 individuals against whom charges were mounted yesterday :
Mangala Samaraweera – Matara district M.P
Sadath Chandrsekera – Private secretary to opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe
Kithsiri Kahatapitiya – PC member and UNP Bulathsinghala electorate organizer
Kamala Jayantha Soysa , lawyer – UNP Balapitiya electorate organizer
Suranimala Rajapakse – former education service Minister
Sandeep Samarasinghe – former Mayor of Kegalle and UNP Kegalle electorate organizer
Lawyer Nadil Maalagoda –Colombo Municipal council member
Meanwhile ,UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe convening a special media briefing today announced that they would campaign against the intimidating, vindictive and vicious actions of the Rajapakse regime driven by selfish and sordid motives to arrest UNP Mangala Samaraweera M.P. , other UNP M.P.s , organizers and activists as well as make them political prisoners.
(Lanka-e-News-16.Oct.2013,4.30PM) The Matara chief magistrate Ruwan Sisira ordered that Mangala Samaraweera M.P. ,Devinuwara UNP electorate organizer H R Wimalasiri and UNP Balapitiya electorate organizer Kamal Soysa charged with theft of a loudspeaker be released on personal bails of Rs. 100,000 each. The police submitted a B report to the court in respect of the above named individuals who surrendered to the police yesterday(15), based on charges that the crowd with them attacked with cinnamon poles , caused damage to a vehicle and robbed a loudspeaker
While Samaraweera was being enlarged on bail , a further 6 UNP activists were arrested by the police . Accordingly , so far 44 individuals have been taken into custody . But only two suspects were arrested of the Maharaja faction.
The police submitting a further report stated in writing to court that in connection with the incident of 5 th October , 14 individuals including Mangala Samaraweera ought to be arrested . But this number had dissolved away and as at yesterday , charges have been filed against only 7 of them .
These so called suspects are UNP stalwarts who in fact have nothing to do with the Matara incident. The indictment against them that they robbed a loudspeaker is as flimsy as is most ludicrous.
It is the general consensus that , this is truly a devil dance performed by the joint efforts of a spineless judge and the police scoundrels which are part and parcel of a witch hunt directed against opposition politicos.
Strangely ,those who were produced before the court day before yesterday(14) have been replaced by another group yesterday(15). In other words , those who were wrongdoers before the law 14th are not so yesterday, and those who were not wrongdoers 14th have become wrongdoers yesterday under the MaRa’s capricious (il )legal system .
.Nissanka , attorney at law speaking to Lanka e news said , they have even filed a charge that Mangala Samarweera had robbed a loudspeaker . How ridiculous is this . There is absolutely no law here , it is just a vindictive and venomous agenda against the opposition politicos, he added.
Hereunder are the names of the 7 individuals against whom charges were mounted yesterday :
Mangala Samaraweera – Matara district M.P
Sadath Chandrsekera – Private secretary to opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe
Kithsiri Kahatapitiya – PC member and UNP Bulathsinghala electorate organizer
Kamala Jayantha Soysa , lawyer – UNP Balapitiya electorate organizer
Suranimala Rajapakse – former education service Minister
Sandeep Samarasinghe – former Mayor of Kegalle and UNP Kegalle electorate organizer
Lawyer Nadil Maalagoda –Colombo Municipal council member
Meanwhile ,UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe convening a special media briefing today announced that they would campaign against the intimidating, vindictive and vicious actions of the Rajapakse regime driven by selfish and sordid motives to arrest UNP Mangala Samaraweera M.P. , other UNP M.P.s , organizers and activists as well as make them political prisoners.
