A vow from the indigenous community leader A vow from the indigenous community leader Written by Share: COLOMBO (News1st): The leader of the Pollebedda indigenous community Thalaa Bandaralage Gunawardena has revealed that a certain company had attempted to bribe him to stop protesting against the deforestation occurring at the historic Rambaken Oya Zone. “The owner of the company told me they will construct a house with 9 rooms, buy me a three-wheeler and give me Rs 500,000 rupees per year if I agree to stop protesting,” the indigenous community leader noted. “I told him, I will not betray my race and asked them to leave. I told them I would attack them with my axe if they did not leave”.