“I’m a bureaucrat who served for the country, if they are treating me like this, no civil servant will work for this country, this is a political witch-hunt” former Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Gotabaya Rajapaksa said today addressing the protestors outside the Bribery and Corruption Commission against the summoning of Rajapaksa. Gotabaya, who portrays himself as a law abiding citizen, thanked the protesters for coming. The protest was carried out despite an order issued by the Colombo Chief Magistrate yesterday banning the protest.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa‘s younger brother, Gotabaya arrived at the Bribery Commission this morning after he was summoned to record a statement over various allegations, including alleged irregularities at Mihin Lanka when he was the Chairman and Avant Garde and Rakna Lanka. According to reports his lawyers requested more time as the matter he was questioned was different from the one which was informed to him.
Former President’s another brother, former Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa who was accused of committing fraud under the ‘Divi neguma’ fund was remanded till May 5th by the Kaduwela magistrate last night.
sanchay / April 23, 2015
For your Reference Mr. G. Rajapakse
1. You may be a civil servant in the past, but it does not make you immune to judiciary. If you have done anything óut side law, you will not get special treatment. The former President of Israel is sitting now in a jail for raping somebody.
2. you and your brother sent major Sarath Fonseka into jail for some allegations, because he contested your almighty brother. wasnt he a civil servant and served the country.
3. during your time you were the first one to give orders to disperse any demonstrations, now you are encouraging an illegal demonstration. This is not the right way for someone claim to has been a civil servant.
4. And the charges against you are not yet cleared so dont make much noice.
5. unfortunately you cant send any more white vans, they have ceased to exist.
so please dont through the country to the dogs!
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Matilda Ellepola / April 23, 2015
why not send this greese yaka into Welikada on a life sentence for all the crimes he did in 10 years.
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Snowden Edward Asange / April 23, 2015
Just a life sentence wouldn’t do.. he should get multiple life sentences..so that he would ROT in Hell… He must be in solitary confinement in a 3×3 cell with just a ray of light in which he is locked up 20 hrs and loud music should be played…
A BIG concern to the voters…. why did not the police take action to disperse the ILLEGAL assembly of these losers? He still wants his power big time, this lunatic along with his bro did so much harm to the country also was heartless when it came to SF..
Did SF draw a crowd for illegal demonstrations? Heck NO… These mo fo’s should be dealt with severely including the protesters…
How sad is it that protesters with legal concerns for drinking water at Rathpusella were shot at, with live ammo where some innocent people were killed and these goons who DIS-OBEYED A COURT order wasn’t taken to task.. He would create unwanted trouble if he is not arrested and put behind bars.. He also approves the protesters behavior for disobeying a court order…CONTEMPT OF COURT…don’t waste time on him and tax payers money..make his family pay for a bullet (like in china, which country the siblings love so much)and send him to some place that he can never return..
Moreover how the heck can the BC give him more time..he has more than 2 months to prepare his answers.. do other people accused get this privilege? why is this goon given so much time? to fabricate stories claiming that he was a servant of the People? its well past time and action need to be taken NOW not in a day… Also those monks of BBS who were present should be dealt with for being party to disobey a court order… that’s contempt of court…a bigger offense than a layman who forgets to button his shirt…
Judges need to be more professional and stand their grounds..Hope his case goes to a Judge whom he mistreated….
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Point of View / April 24, 2015
This pig should be skinned alive and hung to dry !
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Rajash / April 23, 2015
protesters hired and paid for by money looted by the Rajapakse brothers
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Seneka / April 23, 2015
This Rajapaksa family think that all citizens of Sri Lanka are dam stupid
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Horikadey / April 24, 2015
On Count (1) not only a Civil Servant, he cannot even be appointed to the General Clerical Service with his GCE (OL)qualifications.
Horikadey
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dcn / April 23, 2015
This is how a person who calls himself a top civil servant behaves in front of an illegal gathering despite court order banning them. May be even this crowd could have been organised himself.
Why all this fuss in facing the BC inquiries. Want to attract the sympathy
Of the masses but they will throw them away when some facts are proved.
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Point of View / April 23, 2015
It was a storm in a cup created to give some importance to a shit eating pig by some scavengers. Period !
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Native Vedda / April 23, 2015
Point of View
The hired hands seem to demand “Appita Ona Aanduwa”. It sounds like “We want Tamil Eelam”
There is not much difference between these two people.
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SHill / April 23, 2015
Technically Mr. Gotabaya Rajapakse is not doing anything illegal by adressing the crowd. It is the protestors who are doing something illegal
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gamini / April 24, 2015
Shill,
Have you heard of aiding and abetting for a crime? Being a Gota Bum sucker you can not be educated to understand this.
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backlash / April 25, 2015
Not only aiding and abetting a crime but violating the sanctity of the National Flag is just as heinous a crime. Is Sri Lanka fastly descending into anarchy and civil war.
Backlash
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JJ / April 23, 2015
Let’s get a tall tree and hang this bastard for all the public to see. This is what he proposed in doing with Genral Sarath Fonseka. This clan of goopaksas should be all rounded up and executed and call it a mercy killing. “Eye for an eye” that is what this MF’s carried out for 10 bloody years as their jungle law, so lets deal out the same to them.
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Native Vedda / April 23, 2015
JJ
“Let’s get a tall tree and hang this bastard for all the public to see.”
Who is going to hang the last person in this island?
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Hooker / April 24, 2015
He should be taken to task on Contempt of Court and given the severest of punishment. As many as possible in that mob, including that thuggish looking priest who was near Gota, should be arrested and punished for creating public disorder. The Police and the armed forces should get ready to defend the Constitution and the Nation. If the Sirisena Govt shows its weakness here, there will be no end to worse cases of chaos following. Already Parliament has been disgraced by Rajapakses rowdy gangs and known rogues. It will be the Courts next – like in those times when JVP goons controlled the streets.
Ranil got cold feet and ran away when CBK tightened the screws on him. CBK knew Ranil is afraid of standing to pressure. The untested MS is worse. CBK should take the lead with tough men like Raajitha and Ravi K. It is time to fight fire with fire.
We need tough men like Sarath Fonseka at this point of time when the laws seem to have fallen silent.
Hooker
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Maveeran / April 23, 2015
until all the Sinhala modayos have been educated, Srilanka will see more rats like Horupaksha brothers misleading the Country. What a shame for the normal citizens of the Island.
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Sense / April 23, 2015
The Sinhala modayas never learn. The Gon demalas never learn.
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Ben Hurling / April 23, 2015
Gota’s doctrine dictates these protestors should be dispersed by shooting 2-3 of them in cold blood.
Where is the blood thirsty military unit that was called in to shoot down Clean Water protestors?
Organizers of this pathetic protest should be “white-vaned”. Includes specially Gembanpila & Gonwansa.
Cheers!
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Native Vedda / April 23, 2015
Ben Hurling
Is the bald head man Gota’s personal executioner?
He looks familiar. Any chance of him being the saffron clad thug Ganasara’s brother?
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J.muthu / April 24, 2015
Typical Sinhalese Buddhist brain, what can i say ben hurling u Sinhalese love blood & violence…its in u r DNA.
Check it cheers…
Please….blood and violence not answer 2 u r problem…only way let Tamils go…and reclaim their land & let rule themselves…please support…
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Plato. / April 23, 2015
A Bureaucrat?!
If so,he should be charged for violating the Financial Regulations[FR].
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Patriot / April 23, 2015
Interestingly, the flags carried by the crowd look like Sri Lankan flags, except they don’t have the green and orange stripes that symbolize the Tamil and Muslim people. I counted only one flag that had the stripes. Is there a movement to change the national flag? Perhaps this is a preview of the post-Eelam Sri Lankan flag. I don’t have a problem with that. Now is the time to start planning for Eelam, and to adjust the nature of the Sri Lankan state (including its flag), to reflect the fact that the NE is no longer a part of it.
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Sense / April 23, 2015
Our Demalas never learn. At the current rate of interest in Eelam they will be extinct by the next century.
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Native Vedda / April 23, 2015
Sense
” At the current rate of interest in Eelam they will be extinct by the next century”
The rest will become Chindi speaking Chindians.
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cholan / April 24, 2015
Really ???
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Then why the hell still you and your Murderpakse & Co :; shiver when you hear about LTTE ???
You cowards you will live with fear from cradle to grave for generations …….
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Raja / April 23, 2015
How can you say that you were only a public servant when you particitated in political rallies and spoke at these rallies. I that case you should be charge sheeted by the PSC for indulging in politics. You did the same to Sarath Fonseka saying that he did politics while serving in the army.
Is there one rule for you and another rule for others.
Come clean MAN
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Analyst / April 23, 2015
Oh yes. All the Modayas and illiterates were given placards and Bath parcels to shout in front of BC.
Brainless idiots zombies of SL.
. At least we have freedom of speech now no fear of this Rowdy’s terror of the white vans the shark attacks and the eventual resting place then in the shark tanks.
Ape Anduwe . JAYAWEWA.
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Ajith / April 23, 2015
Hooligans like Wimalawanse, BBS thugs, Vasudeva, Dayan are behind him to continue their illegal unlawful activities. The rule of law, independent justice, and good governance are not in their books. Gotapaya was a civil servant in the day time but in the night he was a underworld criminal. According to Mahinda law he is a good civil servant. The characteristcs of good civil servant under Mahinda law are abduction, murder, illegal passport issue, giving permission to import drugs to underworld groups, running brothels, exporting arms to terrorists etc. Unfortunately, there is nothing about Mahinda laws in the constitution and law books.
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Ram / April 23, 2015
Terrorists being replaced by mere hooligans proves that the country is certainly moving in the right direction.
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Ansar / April 23, 2015
THE GOD FATHER OF MAFIA FAMILY SURROUNDED BY SCOUNDRELS.
MAIN CULPRIT OF LASANTHA WICKRAMATUNGE MURDER, CHIEF ARCHITECT OF WHITE VAN ABDUCTIONS/MURDER, CUSTODIAN OF BOORU BALU SENA, MAIN SUSPECT OF MIG AIR DEAL,EXECUTIONER OF SARATH FONSEKA’S ILLEGAL ARREST AND BOGUS SENTENCING ETC,ETC.
WHERE WERE YOU GEMBAMPILA, WHEN ALL THESE WERE HAPPENING ?? JUST TAKE ALL YOUR THUGS AND MOVE OUT.
OVER TO MS..BE STERN WITH THESE HYPOCRITES & TRAITORS WHO WANT TO BRING BACK ANARCHY TO OUR COUNTRY, OTHERWISE THESE POISONOUS REPTILES WILL GET THE BETTER OF YOU.
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hikz / April 23, 2015
people should bring back MR and send appa sira and childless morons to jail
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priyangika / April 23, 2015
Why talk about childless people. RW didn’t hug children like MR and increase the price of milk foods. These children were selected for hugging by MR. RW doesn’t have children and MR has children who cheated at law college, went to navy training without proper qualification, ran night races near Dalada maligawa, went by helicopters to Nuwara Eliya to ride horses. Many more and the readers of CT knows all, I just reminded of a few deeds done by good children
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hikz / April 24, 2015
childless people don’t have a sense about country, race and religion. that’s why childless people betray country to tamils and muslims. once these childless morons are gone, they don’t need to worry about anything coz they don’t have anyone to live in SL.
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Mervyn Silva / April 23, 2015
As Ranil has clearly said in parliament people get the impression that a set of rougues are trying to protect another set of robbers who has earned billions using political power. Why did the speaker allow such rascals to use the parliament for such purposes. Countrys law should apply to everyone irrespective of what they have done in the past.
Many so called political leaders who had developed their respective countries had to end up in jail. Suhartos in Indonesia and the former President in Egypt are good examples. Only exception was Lee Quan U as he worked tirelessly against corruption.
This is a very funny situation where a set of corrupt parliamentarians are protesting to protect members of a single corrupt family who has committed very serious economic crimes.
It is interesting to note that G L Peiris who these days embrace dirt like a pig has come forward to defend the corrupt people.
If this mockery is allowed to continue, occurrence of a another youth insurrection in the south will be inevitable soon.
ACT SOON AGINST THESE CORRUPT POLITICIANS OF THE PAST REGIME.
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max / April 23, 2015
Yes. Absolutely correct. This good for nothing ‘yamapalanaya’ is a bunch of rowdies and this is the way they treat for those who work tirelessly for the betterment of the country. Now the country is in the fast track to the down fall. As the saying goes, people get what they deserve. Misfortune of the country.
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Native Vedda / April 23, 2015
max Müller Sinhala speaking Aryan
” those who work tirelessly for the betterment of the country.”
A typo in your comment, you meant “those who work tirelessly for the betterment of their clan and robbed the country of its freedom and resources.”
Where is the saffron clad thug Gnanasara?
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Raja / April 23, 2015
How much you were paid to write in support of this fucking Mass murderer and looter of public Money. He deserved [Edited out] Public like shooting a mad dog that bite so many innocent and social leaders like Lasantha ,Raviraj or may better fed to the sneaks at his house
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JJ / April 23, 2015
Max the [Edited out] where were you when this abomination gave orders to throw SF in the slammer for opposing his fat pig of a [Edited out] brother. Where were you when this abomination called on BBC to hang SF for treason?????. You are just a cool aid drinking lackey who follow these thugs blindly to peck off a few crumbs off the bloody floor. Get a life…
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Lasanda / April 23, 2015
Mr Gotabaya,
The people are are with you!!!
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Point of View / April 23, 2015
Yes, the ones he murdered are waiting to receive him with a grand reception !
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No need to fear / April 23, 2015
No need to fear, Yahapalanaya is here!
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FAMOUS449 / April 23, 2015
Gota, the Goat, is the [Edited out], so are his other siblings.
I am wondering whether the late Snr. DAR, the father of these [Edited out]s was also a tyrant hence it seems its running in the blood stream of all the brothers. Its in their genes.
Await to see what really happens when MR, the Moron, is taken to the so many other of the independent commissions, when he will be compelled in his future confessions to disclose more wrong doings which he did his gang of 470 thieves had done during his tenure of the highest office in the country and all those culprits will then be exposed, surely and definitely before the next general elections.
Can anyone in his clan then call this as the “Great Betrayal” (Maha Pawadheema)?
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priyangika / April 23, 2015
Gota
why don’t you shoot the protesters. This is what you did. These protestors are supporting criminals and not asking for water, BBS also ordered the troops to shoot at Rathupaswella. They were so powerful in your regime. Aba Saranai
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jinkers / April 23, 2015
I is time for MS & RW to put down their foot and arrest the JaRas lock stock and barrel. Soft peddling only emboldens these thugs who interprets it as weakness. It seems like the MaRas are getting ready to stage a coup.
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ferdhi / April 23, 2015
At least one of them has been remanded lets hope the rest of the Ali Baba clan get sent to jail and the keys thrown away.
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truth / April 23, 2015
The Rajapakse family should have been behind bars long time ago!! The best thing to do now is to put them in a dungeon and throw the key!
They are so corrupt that they have the audacity to challenge the belated justice system of Corrupt Lanka!
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Regi / April 23, 2015
Every time Gothabaya is asking for time to prepare the documents. Even when Ravi challenged him, he could not produce anything about his accounts. If he is clean, he doesn’t need any documents.
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Ram / April 23, 2015
Whatever happened to the case against Ravi? The ‘journalists’ yearning for freedom of speech have suddenly gone quiet.
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justice / April 23, 2015
An OLevel qualified Lt Colonel becoming the most important public servant can happen only in Sri Lanka.
And, running the army plus “Urban Development”, spending billions of peoples’ funds on projects awarded without tender procedures, with secret kickbacks.
His worst crime was “sentencing” citizens to imprisonment to be held incommunicado, renewed every three months without judicial inquiry – this has no parallel in any commonwealth country, though his brother was head of the Commonwealth of Nations, and boasted at UN General Assemblies about democracy.
He also ran the secret military intelligence division which functioned like the Nazi Gestapo of the Third Reich.
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Ram / April 23, 2015
Didn’t somebody with just ONE O-level become the PM of Britain ?
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mus / April 23, 2015
How many innocent people would have been killed ,abducted in the white vans,and missing,and sent to the jails during Rajapassa s rule?
The people who have gone to protest for the Goat and the Rajas are there for an extra rupee and a bottle.
Foolish people ,will the Rajapakssa come to their help when they are in the same predicament?
WHEN WILL THE SRILANKANS LEARN that the Rajapakssa are looking after themselves only.
The Jarrapassas are using the people for their benefit
HOW SELFISH!!!
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James Chance / April 23, 2015
For someone who was once the most powerful and feared man in the country, a crowd of a couple of hundreds people isn’t much.
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Aia / April 23, 2015
“I am a bureaucrat…” says GR. Did he behave like a bureaucrat breaking all the norms of being a public officer?. What sprung to my mind is the famous ” we will hang him, will hang him, it is a treason”. Blatant abuse of power, but got away with it because of his relationship to the executive power. Now he has become a cry baby, pity on him. Both his brother and him visiting to viharas more frequently of late indicates they have been trying hard to get the sympathy of Buddhist monks.
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burt / April 23, 2015
There is video footage of the protest, identifying the leaders of the protest is not difficult, Gota by addressing the protesters became an active part of the protest.
So the question is: has the govt got the “Balls” to charge the protesters for contempt of court. If it was the last govt violence would have been unleashed on the protesters.
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Lankan / April 23, 2015
Unbelievable the design of the flags they were waving…. Racist fascists?
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Martin / April 23, 2015
The Rajapaksa’s are like cockroaches. You step on one of them and the next another one is running around just as much. They take advantage of Sirisena’s mistake to set a 100 day deadline. Perhaps we should take 100 days per brother to sort things out and put all of them behind bars for decades to come.
100 days is not enough to dig through the Rajapakse septic tank … they had 10 years to hide all evidence of their massive corruption, supported by international hired advisors on how to do this in a way to make it impossible to trace.
What surprises me is that newspapers keep writing about the Rajapaksa’s voluntarily while earlier they were forced to do this. Don’t you have anything else to write about?
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Matilda Ellepola / April 23, 2015
Newspapers? you kidding me… almost all of them are invested and managed by people with vested interests in Gambling/narcotics/money laundering and stock market manipuilatros who used to have a bicyle before Rajapaksas are not multi billioners with so many mega projects and can do anything to brin the rogues back.
If not for the social media and few blogs as well as CT, the general public will have no aceess for truthful information and that was the Rajapaksas plan as well.
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thondamannar / April 23, 2015
It appears the Yahapalanaya is crumbling to people’s power.
They spoke so much, but there appears to be very little or almost negligible substance in what they do.
They are just doing things to galvanise the masses which is not working in their favour.
Is the BC playing truant as well to suit the the needs of Yahapalanaya?
Overall, nothing concrete is happening in the country.
Government is buried with 19A. Despite Sira being the leader of the SLFP & UPFA, there does’nt seem like he is capable of mustering absolute support.
Looks like the Yahapalanaya has got Check Mated and have got their wires crossed.
Did not see happening what was expected.
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gamini / April 24, 2015
Thombumanar,
Absolutely! Yahapalanaya has collapsed as you say. See the 5.8 mil that have gathered to support the megalomaniac. These cowards are sandos only when they are in power. Not otherwise. This bugger Gota will get his just desserts very soon.
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cholan / April 23, 2015
Next stop for this DOGGABAYA is International Criminal Court at The Hague ……he can take these thugs including the saffron ones to stage a protest in front of ICC unfortunately more Tamils will be there…
1000 thanks for these thugs and modayas for designing this new flag and show the world North- East is another country and Tamils are not in their Sri Lanka
Cheers
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