Students involved in Sab. Uni. clash will be suspended – SB
Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake yesterday said that he would suspend the students who were responsible for the recent clashes at the Sabaragamuwa University.
The clashes followed the suspension of four students, who were members of the JVP-backed students’ union. They had been found guilty of visiting houses, where other students were boarded, at night and incident them to violence through indoctrination.
The Minister said that several students had held a protest blocking the highway and demanding that the suspensions of those four students be lifted.
In one instance they had obstructed the movement of three ambulances forcing the police to fire tear gas and subsequent to this the protesters had attacked the police with stones and other objects which resulted in the police baton charging them, Minister Dissanayake said.
Twelve policemen and 12 students were injured in the clashes while nine students were arrested and produced before Ratnapura Magistrate. They were released on bail , SSP Ratnapura Prishantha Jayakody said.
” A university driver, who was also responsible for the attack on the police, had not been granted bail.” Jayakody.
Vice Chancellor Ven. Kamburugamuwe Vajira Thera said that the violence had been instigated by some elements against the government who wanted to disrupt the work in the university for political gain.
The police said that video footage on the protest was available with them and it would assist them in investigations.
(Courtesy: The Island)
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Does this mean the entire population of the Sabragamuwa University will be suspended?
If this is to happen, suggest the University campus be barbed wired and all students detained inside indefinitely.
The incident in Sabragamuwa appears to the work of secret hands that are out achieve regime change.
Fortunately, we have a warrior as the Minister, a person who is able to read between the lines.
Well done SB, you are a champion. You will do well to investigate FUTA’s involvement in this incident.
This is exactly the type of actions that must be taken on university students who want to do many other things including violence other than their studies.
Those students were given the university opportunity (free of charge) when so many thousands of students were in the line who could not get in to university.
As soon as those goons were removed, next in the line must be given the opportunity for university studies and the sacked bastards must be made liable to pay all the expenses government has already spent for his studies at the university.
There is no “free” education funded by the tax payers for goons and thugs. They must first know that they were given a rare opportunity in Sri Lanka where lots of people in the world cannot get.
well done SB they don’t know what they want.they must get punishment to this but there will be innocent students that addicted for politics,let them release and punish relevant parties.these things doing from JVP for make fault to the government.
Those who studied in foreign universities know that how they are independent of politics.
But unfortunately the universities have completely been controlled by political elements. Vice chancellor is appointed by the president.
Very often a henchman of the government is appointed a VC by passing all qualified figures who then will be frustrated.