People pay for Malaka’s antics
(Lanka-e-News-03.March.2014, 7.30PM) Weaving through bumper-to-bumper traffic on Park Road, Colombo 5, two agitated men with walkie-talkies struggled to clear the road. They wore black trousers and beige shirts with the Ministerial Security Division (MSD) logo on the pockets.
The sun blazed overhead. People sweltering in their cars swiveled around to see who this minister was that wanted the traffic shifted for him to pass through. It was no minister! It was Malaka Silva, the son of Public Relations and Public Affairs Minister Mervyn Silva. He was sitting inside a red, unregistered jeep driven by a female friend. He smiled as his MSD minions, paid for by public funds, darted here and there in desperation.
The jeep sped way when his lane cleared. Seconds afterwards, the men were seen running through the streets in its direction. It’s a mystery why MSD officers are assigned to a man whose is merely the progeny of a not-particularly-productive minister. Sources tell us that Malaka regularly uses the services of these personnel. They say that, outside the block of flats where he lives, there is a stream of unregistered posh cars, changed daily. He also reportedly has a clutch of bodyguards who carry walkie-talkies.
You always know when Malaka is coming down from his flat because the bodyguards are in a state of slight commotion with the walkie-talkies being walked furiously. Whenever Malaka gets into the news headlines, policemen are also stationed at the block of flats, sometimes for weeks. Again, who pays? But there haven’t been any policemen for a while. This only means one thing-that Junior has kept himself out of trouble.
March 3, 2014
Two police officers attached to the Kolonna Police Station have been injured and hospitalised after being attacked with a sharp object today.
The attack reportedly took place when the two officers had attempted to apprehend a suspect, who has a warrant issued against him for being drunk and disorderly in public, in the Dapane area.
The injured policemen were admitted to the Kolonna Hospital and later transferred to the Embilipitiya Hospital for further treatment.
(Lanka-e-News-03.March.2014, 7.30PM) Weaving through bumper-to-bumper traffic on Park Road, Colombo 5, two agitated men with walkie-talkies struggled to clear the road. They wore black trousers and beige shirts with the Ministerial Security Division (MSD) logo on the pockets. The sun blazed overhead. People sweltering in their cars swiveled around to see who this minister was that wanted the traffic shifted for him to pass through. It was no minister! It was Malaka Silva, the son of Public Relations and Public Affairs Minister Mervyn Silva. He was sitting inside a red, unregistered jeep driven by a female friend. He smiled as his MSD minions, paid for by public funds, darted here and there in desperation.
The jeep sped way when his lane cleared. Seconds afterwards, the men were seen running through the streets in its direction. It’s a mystery why MSD officers are assigned to a man whose is merely the progeny of a not-particularly-productive minister. Sources tell us that Malaka regularly uses the services of these personnel. They say that, outside the block of flats where he lives, there is a stream of unregistered posh cars, changed daily. He also reportedly has a clutch of bodyguards who carry walkie-talkies.
You always know when Malaka is coming down from his flat because the bodyguards are in a state of slight commotion with the walkie-talkies being walked furiously. Whenever Malaka gets into the news headlines, policemen are also stationed at the block of flats, sometimes for weeks. Again, who pays? But there haven’t been any policemen for a while. This only means one thing-that Junior has kept himself out of trouble.
TWO COPS HOSPITALISED AFTER BRUTAL ATTACK
March 3, 2014Two police officers attached to the Kolonna Police Station have been injured and hospitalised after being attacked with a sharp object today.The attack reportedly took place when the two officers had attempted to apprehend a suspect, who has a warrant issued against him for being drunk and disorderly in public, in the Dapane area.
The injured policemen were admitted to the Kolonna Hospital and later transferred to the Embilipitiya Hospital for further treatment.
