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2019-06-03 Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka police chief blames president for failing to prevent Easter Sunday terror attacks

[DAWN] Sri Lanka's suspended police chief has petitioned the Supreme Court, accusing President Maithripala Sirisena of failing to prevent the Easter bombings that killed 258 people.

In a 20-page complaint, Inspector General Pujith Jayasundara disclosed serious communication gaps between intelligence agencies and security arms of the government, all which fall under Sirisena.

In the petition submitted to court last week and seen by AFPon Sunday, Jayasundara said the country's premier spy agency, the State Intelligence Service (SIS), ordered him last year to stop ongoing police investigations into suspected Islamist krazed killers.

The SIS, which reports directly to Sirisena, wanted the police Terrorist Investigation Department to stop all inquiries into krazed killer factions, including the National Thowheeth Jama'ath (NTJ), which was blamed for the Easter Sunday bombings.

Jayasundara said the head of the SIS, Nilantha Jayawardena, did not take seriously the intelligence shared by neighbouring India which warned of an impending attack by the NTJ.

Jayasundara said despite the SIS not sharing information warnings with the police department, he had initiated action to alert his senior men, but he had no input from the main spy agency.

Sirisena suspended Jayasundara after he refused to accept responsibility for the deadly attacks. The Attorney General has asked for a full bench of the apex court to decide the case.

Jayasundara said he was offered a diplomatic post if he took the fall and stepped down, but he refused as he said he was not responsible for the catastrophic intelligence failure.

He said he had been sidelined by the president since a political rift between the President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe emerged in October.

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#1 Of course, it's the govt's fault.

Yeah, India gave them intel three months in advance, of rapid mobilization and infiltration by IS modules into Srilanka home and civil admin. Even if they didn't want to listen to India, whom everybody considers a bigot and racist but secretly lauds for the check on islamist influence, they could at least have paid heed to their own local intelligence, and majority groups.

SriLanka should be a prime example of what happens when you leave the muslim communities in your country to govern themselves with their own laws and disregard the opinions of your own majority.

A democracy is supposed to be representation elected by the majority. If you do not consider your major electorate important, and appease the minority - you undermine your own mandate.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-06-03 03:20|| 2019-06-03 03:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Well said.

Posted by Skidmark 2019-06-03 04:19|| 2019-06-03 04:19|| Front Page Top

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