Sri Lanka police chief arrested over Easter attacks failures
Sri Lankan police arrested their top commander and a former defence chief Tuesday over their alleged failures to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings that killed 258 people, spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera said.
He said Inspector-General Pujith Jayasundara and former defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando were arrested a day after the attorney general said their failure to heed security warnings amounted to a crime against humanity.
Both men were at different hospitals undergoing treatment when detectives arrested them, Gunasekera said, adding the move followed instructions from Attorney General Dappula de Livera who said they could press murder charges.
De Livera said Monday that they failed to act on advance warnings of the deadly Easter Sunday attacks, which were blamed on a local jihadi group.
They should be brought before a magistrate for their “criminal negligence” de Livera said in a letter to the acting police chief.
“Their negligence amounts to what is known under international law to be grave crimes against humanity,” he wrote.
Another nine senior police officers have been named by the attorney-general as suspects who should be prosecuted for their role in the security lapses.
Jayasundara and Fernando have testified before a parliamentary inquiry and accused President Maithripala Sirisena of failing to follow established protocols in assessing threats to national security.
(AFP)
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Why is the King who went to Thirupathi and then to Singapore on holiday to dine with corrupt SL Businessmen and shopping in Musthapaha’s for the i***t son’s wedding, walking free?
Is he not guilty of the following provisions of the Penal Code:
296. Punishment for murder.
298. Causing death by negligence.
328. Causing hurt by an act which endangers life or the personal safety of others.
329. Causing grievous hurt by act which endangers life or the personal safety of others.
Government Servants should aware that they have to do their job without interfering with politics. None will save you. Enjoy the bliss.
All other Government servants take this as an example.
Similarly if you fail to perform or if your decision pull the country down or it makes financial losses, you should pay back to the country as well.
Hey Maraya,
The Public Servants were doing their job.
Unfortunately the King who is also Defence Minister and Minister for law and order was holidaying in India worshipping Indian Gods and Shopping at Singapore Musthaphas while their was definite intelligence reports of an impending catastrophe.