Ariyadasa Cooray removed on political influence: CaFFE

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National Police Commission (NPC) Secretary Ariyadasa Cooray was removed due to the influence of some political leaders, who intended to prevent a comprehensive report from being compiled on the recent unrests in Theldeniya and Digana, the Campaign for Free and Fair Elections (CaFFE) and Centre for Human Rights and Research (CHR) accused.

CaFFE and CHR Executive Director Keerthi Tennakoon said Ariyadasa Cooray was removed because he had asked Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara to submit a full report on the recent incidents occurred in Theldeniya and Digana.

“It is a public secret that the recent violent activities were aggravated due to the inefficiency of the Police. It was publicly revealed by some prominent ministers like Lakshman Kiriella, Rauff Hakeem and Dilum Amunugama that these incidents could have been mitigated if the Police personnel were deployed in a proper manner,” he said. (Sheain Fernandopulle)

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Refaideen Wednesday, 21 March 2018 12:08 PM

Cat is out of the bag. 1st scapegoat.

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Yeti Wednesday, 21 March 2018 12:18 PM

Then balanakota unuth ekai munuth ekai!

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Kumara Dharmarathne Wednesday, 21 March 2018 12:51 PM

Mr. Tennakone, why you worry so much about this removal? Let them remove or intake,we should be worried about the results and not the individual who has been removed. Various people can say various reasons for the removal,this is up to the boss who run the show. If the jobholder is not up to the mark according to the boss,he should take remedial action accordingly. You guys interfere in to each and everything ignorantly. You should know what is to interfere and what not to.

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Raj Wednesday, 21 March 2018 01:02 PM

This is not only done by IGP, even the ministers from bottom to top they do this type of malpractices by removing officials andreplacing when some sort of investigation is going on.Last regime also did the same thing

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Raj Wednesday, 21 March 2018 02:18 PM

CaFFe is also now politicized .........its no more a neutral body.

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Sri Wickrema Wednesday, 21 March 2018 08:17 PM

Yes. He has become of a puppet of Maharaja.

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Park Wednesday, 21 March 2018 06:07 PM

Where is the Presidential Commission. What is worst for a country than a communal riot?

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Johan Wednesday, 21 March 2018 06:22 PM

This is another hide and seek play of the government.When some investigation is going on and progressing well by the appointed commissions they replace the officials with inefficient ones.after that they bluff in the media

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MFSL Wednesday, 21 March 2018 07:18 PM

It's all our President's work, so that he has all options open.

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Buddhi Perera Wednesday, 21 March 2018 10:04 PM

Cooray's removal is one thing, and that does not say IGP can disregard the request made by the National Police Commission.

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