Video: I feel sorry for my son-Mervyn
17 September 2012 07:51 am
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Minister Mervyn Silva told the media outside the Fort Magistrate’s Court today that although he felt sorry for his son, he respected the court order to remand him. The minister said he could bear it up as a Buddhist.
He said the Court order showed that the rule of law existed in Sri Lanka under the Rajapaksa regime.
Cases such as this would not have been brought to the attention of the police or the Court under the previous governments. The media gave publicity to this incident as I am a minister and this helped even unpopular newspapers to sell extra copies, he added.
The minister said no one could challenge him or remove him from Kelaniya or from politics.
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