The Only Person Who Is Convicted Is Bradley Manning – No One Else From Collateral Murder Footage Ever Will Be – WikiLeaks

July 31, 2013

Bradley Manning convicted of multiple Espionage Act violations and faces maximum jail sentence of 130 years.

“The only person who is convicted is Bradley Manning. For publish the truth. No one else from this video ever will be.” says wikileaks-forum

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Bradley Manning guilty of espionage in Wikileaks case

30 July 2013

Bradley Manning, the US Army private who leaked thousands of classified documents, has been convicted of espionage but not of aiding the enemy.

Pte Manning, 25, has been found guilty of 20 charges in total, including theft and computer fraud.

He had admitted leaking the documents to anti-secrecy organisation Wikileaks but said he did so to spark a debate on US foreign policy.

Bradley Manning Guilty of Espionage in Wikileaks Case by nelvely

Genocidal Sinhala State cultivates ‘historiography’ in New Delhi

[TamilNet, Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 05:41 GMT]
Like getting journalists, politicians, diplomats and academics in India from time to time over the decades, to engineer public opinion justifying the genocidal unity and integrity of the Sinhala-Buddhist State in the island, Colombo is now actively engaged in grooming ‘historiographers’ in India specialised in the Sinhala-Buddhist ‘State’ history, to which New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has become the partner and space provider, said an academic in Jaffna. He was citing the JNU in collaboration with the genocidal State’s High Commission in New Delhi starting a course in the university last year on “State, Society and religion in Sri Lanka, from circa 3rd century BCE to 13th century CE” with specific focus on Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa period. 

Genocidal Sinhala State cultivates ‘historiography’ in New Delhi by nelvely

A Time For Moderation: Extremist Fonseka Now Seems The Preserve Of Gota

By Rajiva Wijesinha -July 30, 2013 

Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha MP

The last couple of weeks have seen momentous changes. Basil Rajapaksahas been to Delhi and Shivshankar Menon to Colombo, reminding one of the very successful manner in which relations between the two countries were conducted during the conflict. Even before the visits, the President announced the long delayed elections to the Northern Provincial Council, a move that Basil Rajapaksa is reported to have described as ‘a big victory in democratization’.

Given that Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa had come out swinging as it were against the 13^th Amendment and Provincial Councils, this would suggest that the new situation represents a defeat for him, and a resurgence of moderation. But it would be a mistake to think that the viewpoint represented by Gotabhaya is either negative, or that it has been negatived. After all, it should be remembered that he was part of the troika (along with Basil and Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunge) who were responsible for relations with India during the conflict period, and he was at that stage perhaps the Sri Lankan in whom the Indians had the greatest confidence.

That was understandable, for he represented at that stage what I would call the pluralistic perspective in the Sri Lankan Defence establishment. In those days he made no bones about the fact that, while he was determined to achieve a military victory, he knew this was not enough, and it was up to the politicians to ensure a political solution.

Tragically, the TNA was not in a position to work towards this while the LTTE still survived, and sadly they did not immediately take advantage of the destruction of the LTTE to talk to government. I believe they were grossly misled at this stage by those elements in the international community that began to persecute Sri Lanka immediately with regard to war crimes, and unfortunately we did not use the good offices of India to engage in dialogue with them swiftly. Even though immediately after the conflict concluded India and Sri Lanka issued a joint communiqué that was eminently balanced and civilized – and not just Basil Rajapaksa but thePresident himself categorically made very clear commitments about the political solution envisaged – the TNA was sulking, and they were encouraged to sulk by some of the internationals who also bitterly resented our victory over terrorism.                              Read More  

'Arappor' documentary launched in Chennai Tamil Guardian 29 July 2013 'Arappor' a film docmenting the wave of student protests that swept across Tamil Nadu was released in Chennai on Sunday, as a packed out crowd gathered to watch its first public screening.   Picture courtesy of Arappor facebook page here. The film began with a brief outline of the history of the Tamil struggle for independence, before going on to document the surge of protests that engulfed the Indian state. The protests, which started students wth students from Loyola College going on hunger strike, was sparked after newly uncovered evidence of atrocities by the Sri Lankan Army was brought to light. In particular, the students talked of how photos of Balachandran Prabhakaran, moments before and after his execution, resonated across Tamil Nadu, and brought masses on to the streets, shutting down dozens of colleges. A discussion followed the screening, with the panel consisting of Thirumurugan Gandhi of the May 17th movement, director Senthamizhan, renowned Eelam poet Kasi Anandan, Tamil Desiya Pothuvudumai Katchi General Secretary Venkatraman and critically acclaimed South Indian film director Ameer. From left to right: Director Senthamizhan, Kollywood Director Ameer, Eelam poet Kasi Anandan, TDPK Gen Sec Vekatraman and Thirumuruga Gandhi from May 17th Speaking at the event Senthamizhan said, "We were told we were a 'fringe group'. But these protests have shown the true sentiments of the Tamil Nadu people." Kasi Anandan told the crowd, "The Sinhalese say we are a 'ethnic group'. We are not an ethnic group. We are a nation!" "They say the North an East are merely provinces. They are not provinces. It is our homeland!" "They call us a 'minority'. We are not a minority. In our homeland, we are the majority!" See our live coverage from the event on our Twitter account here.

 Major Tamil party of Sri Lanka rejects Presidential Commission to probe war disappearances 
Mon, Jul 29, 2013, 09:06 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka.

July 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka's major Tamil political party, the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says it will not accept the proposed Presidential Commission to probe the disappeared during the period of the war.
TNA parliamentarian Suresh Premachandran said that neither the TNA nor the Tamils would accept any commission or any reports on disappearances unless an impartial group of members are appointed to the commission.
He explained that the Tamil people needed to know the members of the commission since the likelihood was that the government would appoint either military officers or political henchmen who can be controlled by the President.
He also queried as to why the urgency to appoint such a commission since the government had not shown any interest in implementing the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) recommendations for the past two years.
According to Premachandran, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanetham Pillay is to visit Sri Lanka shortly and the Commonwealth Head of States are due to come to Sri Lanka in November.

"Since the government has deliberately failed to implement the LLRC recommendations over the past three years, they are now appointing commissions after commissions to show the world that they are implementing LLRC recommendations. Although the government can fool some, they cannot fool the Tamils or the International community," Premachandran said.

Presidential Commission Draws Flak »

By Nirmala Kannangara

A demo demanding justice

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has declined to accept the proposed Presidential Commission to investigate into the disappearances that took place in the war torn areas during the conflict period.

Last Thursday President Mahinda Rajapaksa has given instructions to Presidential Secretary Lalith Weeratunge to appoint a Presidential Commission to investigate into the disappearances in the north and the east during the conflict period.

Weeratunge is also the head of the steering committee that oversees the implementation of the recommendations in the Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) report.
President’s media spokesman Mohan Samaranayake confirmed the Presidential directive but added that he could not make any further comments since President’s Secretary Weeratunge is yet to appoint members to the commission.

“Once the members are selected and the date is fixed I will release the details to the media. Till then I am not aware of its developments,” Samaranayake told The Sunday Leader.
However TNA MP Suresh Premachandran told The Sunday Leader that neither the TNA nor the Tamils would accept any commission or any reports on disappearances unless an impartial group of members are appointed to the commission.
“Without knowing as to who would be appointed to this so called Presidential Commission to look into the disappearances, we the Tamils know who the commission members would be.
They would either be military officers or political henchmen who can be controlled by President Mahinda Rajapaksa,” said Premachandran

He further queried as to why the urgency to appoint such a commission since the government had not shown any interest in implementing the LLRC recommendations for the past two years.
“Navanethem Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is to visit Sri Lanka shortly and the Commonwealth Head of States are due to come to Sri Lanka in November.
Since the government has deliberately failed to implement the LLRC recommendations over the past three years, they are now appointing commissions after commissions to show the world that they are implementing LLRC recommendations.

Although the government can fool some, they cannot fool the Tamils or the International community,” Premachandran said.

According to him, Presidential Commissions appointed to investigate on various issues have become the laughing stock as there is not a single commission that has carried out any investigation impartially.

“When political stooges including military officers are appointed to investigate issues, everyone knows what the end result would be.

The last decision is taken not by the commission members but by the President. So why does the government wants to spend money and time to appoint such commissions which is wasteful,” alleged Premachandran.
Meanwhile, UNP General Secretary, parliamentarian Tissa Attanayake also said that the government does not have a genuine desire to investigate into the disappearances but merely to hoodwink the Commonwealth leaders.
“Had the government wanted to implement the LLRC recommendations, they had enough of time to do so over the past three years. The reason why they want to appoint a committee now is a known secret.

How many commissions have they appointed so far and have they ever implemented those recommendations? What the UNP request this government is to show the world that they are genuine in finding solutions with the LLRC recommendations and investigate into the disappearances and tell the kith and kin of those who have gone missing during the war what has happened to their relatives,” said Attanayake.

Speaking to The Sunday Leader, JVP Central Committee member Bimal Ratnayake also said that the presidential commissions have never taken action against any wrongdoer but protect murderers and offenders.

“No sooner the war ended, we wanted President Rajapaksa to investigate into disappearances and to pay compensation to the people in the north and east.

Without even listening to our proposals, the government allowed the forces to acquire lands and to put up army camps hurriedly.

I am now talking to you from Kilinochchi and we cannot even gift a computer to a remote school without the army approval. There are security officers in every nook and corner.
North and East have been militarized after the war,” alleged Ratnayake.
According to him, if not for the 38 members of the USA Senate through Hillary Clinton, Mahinda Rajapaksa administration would not have appointed the LLRC commission.

“Not a single presidential commission has punished any person but has protected the criminals and offenders.

In such a backdrop how can we expect this commission to hold an impartial investigation,”he said.

“Shocked and appalled”: BASL Chief

 July 30, 2013 

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka reacted strongly to news that the Bribery Commission had filed legal action against deposed Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake and said all Members of Parliament and other elected officials who had not submitted their asset declarations must be charged under the same law.
BASL President Attorney-at-Law Upul Jayasuriya told Daily FT that he was “shocked and appalled” at the news that the Bandaranayake was being charged with non-declaration when the accounts in question contained a zero balance, according to bank records.
“There is little to say about this except that it is absurd,” Jayasuriya charged, calling on the Bribery Commission to take similar action against the Central Bank Governor for dubious share transactions made using EPF funds and the MP who was alleged to be in possession of Rs. 500 million in his bank account. “These incidents were highlighted and allegations made years ago – where is the movement on them?” Jayasuriya queried.
He charged that if Bandaranayake was going to be charged, then whichever MP or elected official or public official who had failed to declare their assets were all liable to be charged under the same regulations.
“Where is the guarantee of equality before the law, if she alone is targeted?” Jayasuriya told Daily FT. “A bank account with zero balance is not an asset. We expect statutory authorities have ordinary prudence – a bank account with a Rs. 2 or Rs. 10 cannot be considered an asset,” he charged.
The BASL Chief added that the Government was merely providing more ammunition for ministers and leaders of Commonwealth countries to raise concerns about the state of the country’s Judiciary and the rule of law situation.
“This proves that there is no prudence or justice in matters being filed before court and that statutory bodies are not acting within the framework of the law,” he said.

‘Habitual British treachery played on Eezham Tamils continues unabated’

[TamilNet, Monday, 29 July 2013, 14:35 GMT]
British Conservative Parliamentarian Eleanor Laing, who led a 6-member all-party parliamentary delegation from UK to Sri Lanka last week, has ‘hailed the progress in the country following the end of the war’. The British parliamentarian from Epping Forest has expressed “hope for Sri Lanka's future, saying that one cannot compare human rights in Britain to human rights in Sri Lanka as the island suffered 30 years of war,” a report filed by Xinhua said quoting her as saying: "There is a lot of hope for the future. We are very positive about Sri Lanka. I believe reconciliation is important. We should not rake back the past." While the genocide was being committed on Eezham Tamils in the war, the British representative at the UNSC and later the MI6 chief has gone on record for defending the war by saying that the LTTE was long blighting the SL government. 

The present delegation, that doesn't want to "rake back the past" has no qualms about imposing back the 25-year-old rot of the 13th Amendment upon the Eezham Tamils, after all what had happened and what is happening, responded Tamil activists for alternative politics in the island, citing the delegation saying that the Northern Provincial Council election scheduled to be held in September “will be very important”.

The delegation and its international backers remain intentionally blind to the pathetic affairs in the East where such elections had already taken place, the activists said.

In the meantime, the opposition parliamentarian Simon Danczuk of the Labour Party, has also gone on record stating that he had no issues with British Prime Minister David Cameron's attending the CHOGM summit in Sri Lanka. He has ‘sounded optimism that investigations and legal proceedings will progress’, the news report by Xinhua said with reference to investigations on the killing of a British tourist in December 2011 at a resort in Tangalle.

The Labour MP has said that Sri Lankan Minister Basil Rajapaksa had apologized over the incident in which British national Khuram Shaikh was killed and his girlfriend was raped. "I am cautiously optimistic about the case progressing,” the Labour politician has said.
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The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK (CPA UK), working with the British High Commission in Colombo, announced on 18th July that the delegation will undertake a parliamentary diplomacy programme in Sri Lanka from 21-26 July 2013.

The aim of the programme, according to CPA UK, was to enable Westminster to understand better the challenges faced by their Sri Lankan and Maldivian colleagues, with a particular emphasis on the political landscape and post-conflict and reconciliation issues.

The delegation comprised of four Members and two Peers: Eleanor Laing MP (Con, Delegation Leader), Simon Danczuk MP (Lab), Jonathan Djanogly MP (Con), Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Lab), Kerry McCarthy MP (Lab) and Lord Sheikh (Con).

The programme was organised and hosted by the British High Commission in Colombo.

CPA UK’s membership is made up of members from all parties and both Houses of the United Kingdom Parliament.
* * * The only news posting by the British mission in Sri Lanka on the visit by the delegation, dealt with their visit to Hambantota, Matara and Galle, follows:

Published 26 July 2013

The British Parliamentary delegation currently in Sri Lanka visited the South of the country yesterday.

They visited a number of projects in Hambantota, Matara and Galle.

Amongst the many positive developments that the delegation saw in the South were two UK funded projects. In Matara, they learnt about efforts to improve community policing, supported by the British High Commission. They met police officers who use bicycle patrols to help engage with the community, as well as local organisations that help to promote a crime-free society in the area. In Galle, members of the delegation heard about the devastating impact of the tsunami on the coast of Sri Lanka. They met a British couple who are engaged in teaching swimming as a life skill to those at the community level with the help of UK Government funds. The delegation were impressed with the “commitment and dedication evident in this project, and the clear good it is doing among the local community here.”

The delegation will conclude their visit to Sri Lanka today in meetings with Parliament and the Government.

External Links:

Sunday Leader:		Danczuk Cautiously Optimistic
Global Times:		British delegation hails progress in Sri Lanka
British High Commission in Colombo:		British Parliamentary delegation travels through Sri Lanka’s South

A Hard-Hitting Autopsy Of Post-War Sri Lanka

By M.R. Narayan Swamy -July 30, 2013

M.R. Narayan Swamy

In Sri Lanka, where President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s regime seems determined to undo key aspects of a 1987 pact with India touching upon the critical area of devolution of power, one would need courage – and deep political conviction – to write the book Dayan Jayatilleka has written. The so-called Tamil nationalists might dub him a closet man of the Sri Lankan state for having served it faithfully in his previous capacity as Colombo’s envoy to the UN in Geneva at the height of the war. But that exposure probably only redoubled his understanding of what is good for Sri Lanka, where the Tamil Tigers’ rout in 2009 hasn’t led, unfortunately, to a comprehensive peace most people would have desired.

What kind of a political framework is good for Sri Lanka? The debate rages on. There are many shades of opinion across the island nation, across its ethnic and religious divide. Should Sri Lanka be a Sinhalese/Buddhist-dominated society politically, even if it claims not to be one? Should it not be a land where different religions and ethnic groups enjoy equal rights — and respect one another? Is provincial autonomy a stepping stone to separation? Can the bloodied ethnic war of over a quarter century be expected to heal wounds dramatically, now that the Tigers are history? Can those Tamils, who served as the LTTE‘s political arm be trusted to play a role in mainstream Sri Lanka? Can the situation improve? Will the wounds heal? If yes, when?                                          Read More 

Double Standards; A New Definition By The UGC

By Sankalpa Marasinghe -July 30, 2013 

Dr. Sankalpa Marasinghe

The phrase ‘double standards’ has been given a new definition by the University Grants Commission (UGC). This feat was achieved by the inconsistency in decision-making with regard to a very important function vested by the University Act in the UGC i.e. the granting of “Degree Awarding Status” to institutions of higher education.

The Institute of Technological Studies and the OASIS Hospital (Pvt) Ltd

In 2008, the above institute applied for “Degree Awarding Status” in order to establish a Medical Faculty which grants the MBBS degree. The application was forwarded to the UGC and at its 768^th Meeting held on 20.11.2008, a subcommittee was appointed to make recommendations on the proposal to the UGC.

The Committee

The committee comprised the following most distinguished academics.

1. Prof. M.T.M. Jiffry, Vice-Chairman, UGC (Chairman)
2. Prof. Rohan Rajapakse, Member, UGC
3. Prof. Sarath Abayakoon, Member, UGC
4. Prof. Janaka de Silva, Member, UGC
5. Prof. Rajitha Wickramasinghe, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya
6. Dr. H.H.R. Samarasinghe, President, Sri Lanka Medical Council

Appointment letters were issued on 08.12.2008 and Dr H.H.R. Samarasinghe who was the President of the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC) back then declined to be a member of the subcommittee citing “Conflict of Interest”.

The Recommendations                   Read More

India’s Aadhaar scheme brings benefits

 July 30, 2013 

India has launched an identity management scheme called Aadhaar, to issue biometric identity cards to all 1.2 billion citizens. This was announced in January 2009.
In June 2009, Nandan Nilekani, a businessman and entrepreneur, co-founder of the famed, computer services and software giant, Infosys, was given Cabinet status and appointed to run the scheme. Nilekani, a thoughtful man and author of the bestselling book ‘Imagining India,’ in which he makes out a case for such a biometric identity card for all Indians, must now deliver, with a budget of Rs. 1 billion.

Nilekani, using his software jargon, sees his Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) ‘as a vast server, loaded with biometric and other details of every Indian, which will be accessed using the new identity card. Biometrics of this scale have not been tried before, the data will be stored on line and accessible for instant on line verification of the identity of every Indian’.
Benefits of the Aadhaar scheme

The benefits of the Aadhaar scheme in providing services to the poor and marginalised have been clearly shown in two studies recently concluded in the East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh and the Aurangabad District of Maharashtra.
By December 2012 the officials in East Godavari had enrolled over 95.5% of the population into the Aadhaar Scheme. They now use Aadhaar cards to deliver rations under the Indian Government’s Public Distribution Scheme (PDS) through the Fair Price Shops (FPS) of the Government to families living below the poverty line (BPL).
The Indian Government spends around Indian Rs. 750 billion to provide food security to people living below the poverty line. Yet as per the International Food Policy Research Institute report, 27% of India’s population remains undernourished. This is notwithstanding the fact that in India, food production has increased by 60% over the last few years.                                                  Read more....

In Sri Lanka, Will Mass Grave Case Be Buried?

Evidence of torture and killing bring the president’s brother under scrutiny.

By Steve Finch

July 30, 2013

On November 24 last year, workers digging a trench in the compound of Matale hospital, central Sri Lanka, made a gruesome discovery. Using a backhoeing machine ahead of plans to build foundations for a new bio-gas unit behind a kitchen, workers began to unearth what appeared to be human remains.

Forensic excavation over the next three months confirmed at least 154 human skeletons, the largest mass grave discovered in Sri Lanka, where more than three decades of civil war ended with the defeat of the rebel Tamil Tigers in 2009. Preliminary forensic reports submitted to Matale court earlier this year paint a picture of torture and killings. Some bones showed evidence of nails hammered in before death and one leg bone was tied with a carefully knotted metal wire.

“There are several skulls that remain devoid of their skeletons,” a sign of decapitations, reads one of the forensic reports. Evidence also points to the use of firearms and blunt instruments before death.

For President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his powerful family, the ongoing investigation into what happened in Matale has turned into a ticking political and judicial time bomb. Not only has the case subjected the president’s questionable rights record to embarrassing scrutiny, it has also implicated his brother, Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, in serious abuses perpetrated against the country’s Sinhalese majority, the source of political support for both men following their victorious ending of the civil war four years ago.

With the next court hearing in Matale set for August 19, investigations continue to focus on three key unknowns: Who are the victims, and how and when did they die?

The discovery of artifacts buried with the bodies dates the grave to between 1986 and 1990 with further tests still needed for a more accurate timeframe, according to forensic reports. So far no bodies have been identified. But with each piece of evidence speculation is growing that the grave dates back to a two-year counter-insurgency operation by the Sri Lankan army resulting in more than 20,000 people disappeared in the Sinhalese south by the end of 1989, according to government inquiries.

At lunchtime on December 19 of that year, two soldiers wearing Sri Lankan army uniforms entered the home of Wedikara Kamalawathi, just outside of Matale, and detained her two teenage sons for questioning. Both had been involved in student rallies, said Kamalawathi, but she insisted they were not members of the People’s Liberation Front (JVP), a group which killed hundreds of soldiers and police and their families during the uprising.

The next day, Kamalawathi said she and other parents followed a convoy of army vehicles transporting their children to a detention camp inside a college close to Matale hospital.

When she went there to search for her sons with her husband a few days later, a guard showed them a book with a list of names and then turned them away.

“The names of my two sons were crossed out in red ink,” said Kamalawathi, tears streaming down her face. Susantha Janaka, 18, and Rohana Nisantha, 17, were never seen again.

They were among more than 450 people recorded as missing in the Matale area during the period of the uprising, according to a later presidential inquiry. Only low-level police and soldiers have faced punishment for the atrocities of this period.

In May 1989, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was promoted and posted to Matale as the district coordinating officer “tasked with bringing the JVP under control,” notes CA Chandraprema in Gota’s War: The Crushing of Tamil Tiger Terrorism in Sri Lanka, published in May last year.

A glowing portrait of the defense secretary, the book details Gotabhaya’s earlier career in the army and notes that he remained in Matale until the JVP uprising was put down at the end of 1989. Only one senior JVP cadre in the country survived. Gotabhaya then moved to the U.S. and later secured an American passport, returning to Sri Lanka to help brother Mahinda’s campaign for the presidency ahead of his victory in 2005
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Kudu Chaminda suspect in Baratha murder provided with army intelligence security - Gota’s heroin spills
(Lanka-e-News-30.July.2013, 7.30PM) Sri Lanka’s (SL) criminal defense secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse has provided the notorious heroin dealer and murderer Dematagoda Chaminda with army intelligence division security detail , according to reports reaching Lanka e news inside information division.

Based on the court directive ,underworld criminal Chaminda has to sign at the CID every Sunday . On the 28 th when he arrived at the CID to sign , he had with him the army intelligence security detail.

The head of the security detail is Srinath , a leader of the army intelligence division. It is the responsibility of Srinath to see to it that the anti narcotics division does not arrest him , and it is owing to this fear of arrest and to ward it off that Srinath is maintaining cordial relationship with Rangajeewa , the chief of this narcotics division located in the ground floor of the CID .

Even during the period of Kings , security detail of Kings was not released to safeguard criminals. However under the criminal defense secretary of SL , this is happening today .

Who is this Dematagoda Chaminda truly so well secured by Gota?
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Chaminda is a key suspect in Baratha Lakshman’s murder., After Chaminda surrendered to the Dematagoda police in connection with Baratha’s murder , Gotabaya team published lies that he was arrested in India. Chaminda is now free on bail on a condition imposed by court that he should sign every Sunday at the CID. 

Chaminda is the chief of the criminal group that is conducting the heroin businesses of Duminda Silva, and a Dematagoda agent of race bookie Sumathipala . But most curious thing about the criminal world of Chaminda is , believe it or not ! he is the organizer for Dematagoda and Wellampitiya , of the Bodhu Bala Sena , an organization that is most violently vociferous in championing the so called Buddhist cause , though it is the consensus among the true Buddhists this Sena is insulting Lord Buddha’s preaching so much so that the latter perhaps must be turning cartwheels inside his grave.

This same kudu Chaminda is also the leader of the Dematagoda branch Nil Balakaya. It is he who led the recent protest campaign organized by the defense Ministry against the film ‘Igilena Maluwa’ . He also mustered the support of the people towards it.

May we spill before you a drop from the criminal ocean of kudu Chaminda’ history .
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Chaminda’s haunt and home town is Maswatte near the Alidhenna temple at Nalanda road. In the past he was associated with the gangs of Chandiya (thug) Walangkade Chandare . Following the death (murder) of Chandare , Chaiminda took over the reins. Initially he was taking bets for bookie Sumathipala . Later he started heroin business , and became wealthy. He converted his old house into a three storied building. 

Chaminda who was selling kudu (heroin) in Colombo after transporting from Negombo befriended Duminda Silva. Thereafter he was getting heroin from Duminda whereby a very special and close relationship was built up between them.

By and by Duminda inrtroduced Chaminda to Namal Rajapakse who appointed him as the Dematagoda Nil Balakaya President . During this period , in 2011 when heroin intended for Duminda from India was delivered here by boat , it were Duminda and Dematagoda Chaminda who went to the Chilaw shores to take possession. Of the 30 kilos heroin that had arrived , 5 kilos were transported in Chaminda’s vehicle while 25 kilos were transported in Duminda’s vehicle on which day the raid was conducted by the anti narcotics division . It was a Presidential security division vehicle that was used by Duminda to transport the heroin. The high and mighty Gota of the defense Ministry who had supplied this vehicle to an M.P. had committed a heinous crime by allowing an M.P to use a Presidential security division vehicle – an absolutely unlawful act. The vehicle was a Prado and its No. is K N 7046.

When the anti narcotics officers raided , vehicle of Duminda escaped , while Chaminda’s vehicle lagged behind , and at Railway cross road in Negombo , Chaminda alighted from the vehicle and fled. Though the narcotics officers shot at him , it did not strike him. However , his brother was arrested along with 5 kilos of heroin. 

Duminda who escaped was so frightened that he had straight gone to meet Mahinda Balasuriya , who was the IGP at that time. Since kudu Duminda had bought for him a number of houses and lands , Balasuriya was like a dog wagging the tail before Duminda.

Following the discussion between them , the heroin that was taken into custody mysteriously metamorphosed into 5 kilos Kerala ganja (cannabis) ; Dematagoda Chaminda surrendered ; and when the case was filed , both Chaminda and his younger brother were released on bail.

Ravi Karunanayake UNP M.P. questioned in Parliament on that part of the episode he knew . The storm of controversy that it sparked , united the three criminal members – Duminda – Chaminda-Gota more strongly : they became a very closely knit troika. When Presidential advisor Baratha Lakshman exposed this disgraceful scenario , the troika conspired to liquidate him.

In the Baratha Lakshman murder , it was Dematagoda Chaminda who fired a ‘burst’ shot with the T 56 weapon ( we shall bring forth to you a detailed report on that soon) . In this crime too Chaminda again surrendered , and came out on bail again. Duminda is now recovered , and free too. Gota of course , being the criminal defense secretary of the Rajapakse model of Asia in the making , is always the undisputable King of the criminal ring .As he is also a member of the troika , he is naturally obliged to provide army intelligence division security to Dematagoda Chaminda , and that is what he has done right now.

Await more details pertaining to kudu business operations under Gota the criminal defense secretary of SL.