The belated arrests are a bid to deflect the widespread outrage over the violent attack on protesters voicing the sentiments of millions in their call for the president to resign and the deep social crisis to be alleviated.
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No society is short of vulturine elements that profit from human suffering, as we have seen during disaster situations across the world. Sri Lanka has its fair share of them. They were in action in the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004; television channels beamed across the globe shocking images of two monsters stripping a young female tsunami victim, in her death throes, of her jewellery instead of trying to save her life, in Galle. Such incidents are also reported following fatal accidents in this country, which boasts of being home to four great religions. In many cases, accident victims’ bloodstained belongings such as handbags, wallets, gold rings and necklaces go missing. The heartless beasts responsible for such inhuman acts are the scum of the earth, and most of them are druggies desperate for money to buy hell dust. But these shabbily dressed, zombielike characters are not alone in exploiting human misery. Some well-groomed corporate fat c
Amidst the Vaccination Chaos that has emerged in the country we see one move by the Police, somewhat belated no doubt, to break some aspects of the political dominance in the vaccination process. It is the arrest of the Moratuwa Mayor, Samanlal Fernando, for obstructing the duties of State officers at a vaccination exercise. The […]
COLOMBO (News 1st); Moratuwa Mayor Samanlal Fernando was arrested for obstructing the duties of state officers, said Police Spokesperson DIG Ajith Rohana. - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertainment news, world news and much more from News 1st, Sri Lanka's leading news network.