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Sinhala Policeman Assaults Hindu Pilgrims
at Kathirgamam in Southern Sri Lanka
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Sinhala Policeman Assaults Hindu Pilgrims
at Kathirgamam in Southern Sri Lanka - Monday 30 July 2007
Reported in the
Sinhala owned Sri Lanka Daily Mirror, 3 August 2007
: "A large group of people were shocked when a police constable
assaulted people with a wooden pole when they went into the
Menik Ganga to drink water and fill their vessels immediately
after the water cutting ceremony on Monday. About 10 people were
subjected to this assault and some who were hit fell into the
water. A majority of those who were beaten are devotees who came
from North East through Yala forest in a Pada Yatra. It is
customary for devotees to drink and carry water home after the
water cutting ceremony. They treat it as holy water. After it
was announced that the water cutting was done on the upper
portion of the Menik ganga by beating drums, devotees who were
about a kilo metre downstream started getting into the ganga
chanting ‘Haro Hara’. At that moment the police constable
started his assault."
"..The
profound suffering of our people, the tragedies they faced in the form of
death
and destruction, the
tears of blood they shed from their anguish, have not touched the
compassion of the Buddhist nation..."
Velupillai
Pirabaharan, Leader of Tamil Eelam, Mahaveerar Naal Address,
1992...
"...What are we struggling for? We aspire to live peacefully with freedom and
dignity, without the interference of anyone, in our own soil; in our Motherland where we
are born and bred; in our own historical homeland which belongs to us.
We too, are human beings..."
Velupillai
Pirabaharan, Leader of Tamil Eelam, Mahaveerar Naal Address,
1998
 [see also
முருகாஆஆஆ..... at முத்தமிழ் மன்றம்
முருக பக்தர்களுக்கு மிருக அடி at Yarl.com
Marvels of Law Enforcement at
Kataragama in the Sri Lanka State Controlled Sunday Observer of
22nd September 1991 "Over the years, police officers
assigned to Kataragama have learned to accept a low profile and
to show the same humility and respect as other
pilgrims... While disturbing incidents have not been entirely
lacking, the enlightened policy of officers ...has insured that
patience, restraint and understanding take the place of unreasonable brutality. At last year's festival there were
still a few instances of pilgrim-suspects (!) receiving harsh
treatment from police within the sacred area...]
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