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Pole protest ends
By Gandhya Senanayake
A man who had staged a protest on top of a tall metal pole structure near the Viharamaha devi park since this morning was removed by the fire brigade and taken to hospital a short while ago.
A fire engine lift was taken to the location and he was brought down calmly, put into an ambulance and driven away with his helmet still on. He was taken down after Presidential Advisor Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra assured him that some documents which he had would be given to President Mahinda Rajapakse.
The man had earlier refused to divulge the actual motive for his protest or step down until President Rajapakse or any other top government official meets him.
Incidentally, the metal structure on which he was protesting had a massive cut-out of President Rajapaksa during the presidential elections. The structure was removed by the authorities after the protest came to an end. (Daily Mirror online)
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