In a rare sighting today, Rajapaksa ‘prince’ Namal had attended Courts in the wake of calls being made upon the new Chief Justice to disbar him.
Namal had attended the Fort Magistrate Court to appear for Tissa Attanayake alongside his senior, President Counsel Kalinga Indratissa earlier this afternoon.
Tissa Attanayake was released upon being granted bail today by the Fort Magistrate after he was taken into custody last week.
Namal
Jagath Fernando / February 11, 2015
Who would have thought that this would ever be possible?
Politicians need to know that NOTHING IS PERMANENT
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Amarasiri / February 11, 2015
“In a rare sighting today, Rajapaksa ‘prince’ Namal had attended Courts in the wake of calls being made upon the new Chief Justice to disbar him.”
Yes, Namal Rajapaksa, should be given his day in court. He has his side of the story.
Interesting to hear his side of the story in this dispute.
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Analyst / February 11, 2015
I suspect A little bit of Africana jeanettics in the blood way down the line??? It is showing in the boys I guess after many generations. What a pity best to do a DNA test.The Analyst is always correct what ever the twisters say. Connection between the humbug king and Africa? Has anyone else suspected too.
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AVB / February 12, 2015
I see lot of “Javanese” features inherited from Javanese genes…
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Sam / February 12, 2015
It was said the DNA are from Indonesia ( MR being in the south coast, it is more possible than probable)
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Amarasiri / February 14, 2015
Namal Baba has Javanese and african features.
After all we all came from Africa..
Hirunika Premachandra Talks about Namal Rajapaksha
Namal Babba, Thotta Baba..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C45hXRtFcPQ
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Sara / February 11, 2015
Simple…give him a case to attend to and see if he can win it! Or how about getting him to work on the field on some CRIMINOLOGY case? Bet that would show him not to run after Vice Chancellors and Uni Deans every time he thinks of gaining a degree!
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Rationalist / February 12, 2015
Did anyone notice that he has started growing His Father’s moustache too?
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Katie / February 11, 2015
Namal got a chance to sport his suit
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Point of View / February 11, 2015
A photo opportunity !
Now that no fancy parties to attend, why not use these Hugo Boss and Armani suits for photo shoots in Hultsdorf.
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sam / February 12, 2015
and the wrist watch ( one of the many multimillion dollar collections from taxpayer money)
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Saman / February 11, 2015
Synthetic Lawyer.
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Ansar / February 11, 2015
The picture tells the whole story.
It looks so much like a stage photo and looks so obvious that, it is anything but a genuine lawyer’s look.
The case filed by the law student on the day of the examination where air conditioned comfort was given with special personal computer should be investigated and made public, for the people to know the real truth behind this synthetic lawyer.
It should do a world of justice to the genuine lawyers, who really struggle day and night to pass out the examinations, under normal conditions.
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Spring Koha / February 16, 2015
The photo shoot is probably staged, but how ironic that the book might be turned to the page containing the excellent Nihal Sri Ameresekere’s “Overseas Corporate Structures, Which Hide ‘Real Owners’: Foreign Business Empire of a Sri Lankan Entrepreneur?”.
You cannot make it up!
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Tamil from the north / February 11, 2015
I never knew in Sri Lanka toilet cleaners dress like this.
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P. J. Roy / February 11, 2015
Sorry! But I need to ask.
1WHAT IS THE WRIST WATCH HE IS WEARING??
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P. J. Roy / February 11, 2015
Sorry, But may I ask your honor:
1 WHAT IS THE WATCH HE IS WEARING?
2 IS THE BOOK HE IS READING the BIGGLES ?
I wish “rest my cases of alcohol”!!!!
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maali karunaratne / February 11, 2015
I suppose Papa would have encouraged him to show that his son can be also a lawyer despite the fraud
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knight Rider / February 11, 2015
seems like he is auditioning for the James-bond reality show
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Hooker / February 11, 2015
Let Namal R agree to an impromptu public lecture at the CPA, ICES, Marga Institute, OPA or some place of similar recognition and speak on
defence of the charges against his father’s familial regime. His father – Yes! We know he went as a lawyer – always dodged the issue
when asked to. MR simply was not upto it. I don’t want to pre-judge Namal. I hope he will gather the courage to reject the popular notion of the public that he is a fraud.
Hooker
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Kumar R. / February 11, 2015
A sure-fire way to establish if Namal’s results at Law College, and his potential as a PhD candidate is to follow through with an exemplary suggestion made by Ramon Therese Fernando in these columns a couple of days ago (https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/former-law-student-requests-cj-to-disbar-namal-rajapaksa/#comments).
Ramona’s brilliant suggestion was based on assessment by “indicator of his law-IQ.” I support whole heartedly Ramona’s proposal.
What better way to do that than by a formal IQ evaluation – a standardized process of international repute, that will, I am guessing from Ramona’s own pre-judgment based of “law-family” attributes, will help establish Namal’s credentials beyond any doubt – and at the same time save the dignity of Law College, let alone the whole University system, that has come under seemingly undue fire!
Perhaps, a complementary effort in establishing Namal’s propensity for academic excellence will be to get St. Thomas admin and Education Dept to release this respected MP’s academic performance in the pre-Law College period – that would again help establish Namal’s (and the Ex-President’s) credibility/credentials.
As an MP Namal has very substantial responsibility to all citizens, and so these unnecessary doubts and rumours should not affect his ability to conduct his official responsibilities at his full capacity. In the interest of supporting this respected Public Servant, St. Thomas and the Education Department should help by publicizing Namal’s exemplary academic records without any hesitation or delay.
Namal’s school/class mates could chime in too in this effort to support of establishing Namal’s credentials.
I am sure Namal and the Law College President (past?!) will convey their personal gratitude for Ramona’s great proposal in this regard.
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ramona therese fernando / February 12, 2015
Kumar R,
Namal is cool!
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Kumar R. / February 12, 2015
Ramona,
I am truly glad Namal is cool — cool with the proposal for IQ testing.
Appreciate your confirmation.
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Ali / February 12, 2015
Ramona, you are hot, aren’t you? ;)
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Conrad / February 11, 2015
“Ingji thinna korangu mathiri” the typical look of a Macau Monkey that had eaten ginger as the saying goes in tamil.
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Kiththa / February 11, 2015
Is he carrying his father’s “lucky charm”? He was seen with something similar in his hand in recent times!!
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Snowden Edward Asange / February 11, 2015
A LOWyer in a Black coat for a turn coat…
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upali Wijewardene / February 12, 2015
I volunteer to appear free if anyone could come forward to charge this fraudster. I would love to undress this Bas.. in court. He probably will run to Seychelles to their luxury Island at the thought of defining himself.
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Hooker / February 12, 2015
Bravo Upali J. If our country’s long cherished values of judiciary and governance are to be protected frauds like this must be publicly exposed and weeded out. If he is planning on a PhD, he should be able to accept the challenges to debate in public. Unless, of course, he has a Pingan Hodhana Dosthara title in mind.
Here’s hoping someone will take the challenge.
Hooker
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Common Sense / February 12, 2015
It is a pity that he did not keep his feet on the ground before. Had he done that a lot of problems could have been sorted out for him and quite others. I for the moment am not asking to forget the past but at least this rugger playing etc. etc.kid has learned his b___ good lesson to be a normal citizen of this country.
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Jayan / February 12, 2015
Late Jeyaraj Fernandopullai sat for MR’s law exams and son Namal got thru by back door. All Rajapaksas are fraudsters.
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Don Quixote / February 12, 2015
Does it look like he is thinking or does he have a leech up his posterior ?
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Matilda Ellepola / February 12, 2015
It is a shame for the law profession to even let this story going on with Namal baby’s academic capabilities.
The way things went with this family, it will be not a joke this man got his credentials as a lawyer with someone else did the exam for him and probably the Principal of the law college at that time.
It will be interesting if anyone can post mroe information of if he really came to classrooms and what was his scores on those exams etc.
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bo / February 12, 2015
Can he read? Or is this photo for the public consumption? Is there a remote control speaker behind his head? BTW is it a fake black coat?
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shankar / February 12, 2015
why drag the CJ into this jokers degree.The law society should conduct an investigation and if they find that he was given preferential treatment such as special room,someone inside with him,his not under the supervisor who is common to others sitting the exam etc then there is plenty of grounds to take the degree off him.These chaps should understand that ill gotten qualifications cannot be kept just as ill gotten gains.
Also charges should be framed against him for cheating and fraud,also others who helped him.If these are not done and we allow professional qualifications to be tampered with like this then we are on the way to a banana republic with guys like mohan peiris and namal etc.It is important to make an example with them so that it is clear that professional standards have to be maintained in srilanka.If not done we can kiss goodbye to yet another asset that has kept the srilankan flag still flying high as our professionals are so well regarded.
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Naga / February 12, 2015
Namal Rajapakse is a lawyer duly admitted to practice law in Sri Lanka. He has the right to appear on behalf of his client and to support his client’s case before the court of law.
If there are any irregularities in his admission,it is for the Ministry of Justice to inquire into this and debar him if these alleged irregularities could be proved.
I appreciate this guy’s guts in coming to the bar knowing well that many in the legal fraternity in Colombo hate him just because he happened to be the much maligned son of an equally much maligned former President.
I wish him well in his career as a Sri Lankan legal practitioner. As another legal practitioner of Sri Lanka and a life member of the Sri Lanka Bar Association, I warmly welcome the entry of Namal Rajapakse into active legal practice.
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Lost for Words / February 12, 2015
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“Namal Rajapakse is a lawyer duly admitted to practice law in Sri Lanka. He has the right to appear on behalf of his client and to support his client’s case before the court of law”.Unquote
What was the content of his address to the Hon. Bench?
Did he just stand up and appear but was silent?
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Backlash / February 13, 2015
The more one reads Naga the more convinced you are of his anti-UNP anti-TNA bias. “Lawyer DULY admitted to practice law in Sri Lanka”
is the crux here. If one is familiar with the news in the public domain as to how Namal sat for the exam and PASSED (?) readers like Naga will not be as generous in their comments. It is quite telling both Father and Son have suspicions cast on how they eventually “became” lawyers. This hardly happens in the ordinary course of matters.
Backlash
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Analyst / February 12, 2015
When all these questions are asked about the credibility of his qualifications why no one has lodged a complaint .
That is the correct way to do. RE register or DE register his name from the law register . To let him practice law or bar him from practicing law. Full stop.
Take the bull by the horn not by just whining do the necessary guys. Is he a lawyer or a low yer.
Is the man cheating?? Bogus low yer s should be barred from practicing law
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shankar / February 12, 2015
Analyst
did you not read that the student who originally complained about it and got assaulted has now lodged a complaint again.If the new government is dragging its feet that is not his fault is it.
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Lanka Liar / February 12, 2015
Namal If the court disbar you we can create another court for you Dont worry
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dcn / February 12, 2015
Finally the synthetic lawyer made a guest appearance in courts. However, he will be called upon to explain on the complaint made by Thusara as to how the final exams were conducted at the Law College and trust proper investigations would be carried out and if found guilty de-bar him.
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SATHYA / February 13, 2015
WE HAVE TODAY REACHED A STAGE OF Yaha Palanaya.
IN FAIRNESS TO THE ACCUSED NAMAL R WHO IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN IN AN AC ROOM ALONE WITH A COMPUTER BY HIS SIDE HIS LORDHIP THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE SHOULD INITIATE A TRANSPARENT INQUIRY AND IF THE FACTS ARE TRUE HE SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THE ROLL.OTHERWISWE HE MUST BE CLEARED TO
PRACTICE WITH RESPECT.
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Harry Hatton / February 13, 2015
Helping MR.Indratissa to wash dirty linen !
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