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(Lanka-e-News-20.Oct.2013, 6.00PM) Following the exposure by Lanka e news of the disaster caused by the Jiffy factory , Gurugodawatte which is even worse than the recent disaster that struck Rathupaswala ; and the revelations of how the innocent people are being ‘killed’ due to this factory’s toxic wastes , the murderous owners of the Jiffy factory who became panicky have along with the police started intimidating and threatening this innocent crowd that made the complaints ,according to reports reaching Lanka e news.The people of the villages have made a number of complaints to the Kobayigane police against this most horrendous action of the factory which is releasing toxic waste water on the sly to the Deduru oya in the night. This is a most deadly and dangerous action whichis slowly but surely leading to the deaths of innocent people .
However , the most sad part of this devastation is the local police treating the complainants as the accused , and vice versa :the police have entered the Ambilegama Makiriyawa village in the night at about 8.30 on the 17th , and recorded the statements of the complainants under duress.
Though the factory officials are the accused based on the complaints made , the police have instead of taking the side of the complainants gone with the factory officials and a factory group of 20 to 30 in a row of factory vehicles in the night to obtain the statements of the complaints. The police officers have entered the houses of complainants , Karunadasa, Dhavin Singho and Bandara rudely woken them up , threatened and frightened them until 11.30 p.m.
This action reportedly is absolutely unlawful and partial , because the police had brazenly acted on behalf of the factory owners against the aggrieved people.
It is noteworthy that these factory officials have worked for the victory of Minister Johnston’s son at the last elections . A number of factory vehicles were provided for his election activity while the OIC of the police had also openly canvassed and campaigned for Johnston’s son along with Dimuthu who provides laborers to the factory . Mind you, this duo also played an active role in the intimidating and frightening tactics adopted against the complainants yesterday night.
The Jiffy factory that belongs to Norway ,a country that leads and screams in support of environmental protection is not only polluting the environment within Sri Lanka , but even contributing to the deaths of the Sri Lankans by slow poisoning.
It is Sandeeptha Gamlath the brother of Suhada Gamlath, the secretary to courts who is the local chief of the factory , and is therefore the arch enemy of the Sri Lankan people in this environmental poisoning. The media that exposed this poison generating factory had also been threatened by those capitalizing on the power and influence of Suhada Gamlath.
This same Sandeeptha Gamlath who is guilty of a crime equivalent to treason for jeopardizing the lives of his own people after selling half of himself to Norway for filthy lucre has even held out threats to the people’s representatives. The other traitor who is extending support to Sandeeptha ‘s anti national traitorous activities is the chairman of Wayambe environment authority , Saman Senanayake.
It is this delinquent chairman who had been issuing environmental reports every 6 months to this ‘killer’ factory . These reports issued every six months too are absolutely illegal.
(Please also read the news report ‘The Gurugodawatte Norwegian Jiffy factory is poisoning innocent people - even worse than Rathupaswala disaster’
http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=13890)
