Presidential offspring Rohitha Rajapaksa assaulted Rugby referee Dimitri Gunasekera today (5th May) at the Havelocks Grounds in Colombo after the Navy lost a qualifying match.
The incident took place when the Police A team defeated Navy knocking the latter out of the Inter-club Rugby sevens tournament organised by the Sri Lanka Rugby Football Union.
Rohitha Rajapaksa, the youngest son of President Mahinda Rajapaksa was captaining the Navy A team at today’s game. His brother Yoshitha usually captains the team.
Following the Navy defeat, Rohitha Rajapaksa picked up referee Gunesekera by the collar and assaulted him in full public view, eyewitnesses say. The attack on the referee only ceased when Yoshitha Rajapaksa intervened, even slapping his younger sibling when the latter refused to break up the altercation.
With referees refusing to stand to protest against the assault, the tournament was suspended for over 45 minutes. Finally, following a meeting of high level officials with the referees the tournament resumed. Both Rohitha and Yoshitha Rajapaksa were seen regularly in discussions with the referees during the rest of the evening.
The game of Rugby in the country has been severely politicised by the Rajapaksa family in recent years.
President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second son Yoshitha is the captain of the Sri Lanka Rugby team and the Navy Sports club.
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Mahinda and sons/ File photo
ramesi / May 6, 2013
GOD KNOWS WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR MOTHERLAND
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Ben Hurling / May 6, 2013
These idiots are starting to behave like Saddam’s brutal sons.
There is only solution.
The referee should have defended himself at once and fully. And kicked this brat back. In a place, where it hurts. In full public view.
Bullies understand only one language. Their own language.
Better to die on your feet rather than on your knees.
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Sun / May 6, 2013
Wait and see what father would say to this soon.
Perhaps, he would not even make any statement regarding this because the man would not worry for such small issues easily. Shameless people are thick skinned by nature :(
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Katmai / May 7, 2013
The idiots in this country “gifted” the country to MR for saving it from the LTTE remember? Remember “Yuthukam”?
Moda Sinhalaya: “Thank you very much for saving my little sister from that monster. As gratitude let me allow you to rape my sister now.”
The family is using it as their own private island. Why are you all so crossed about it now?
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Dr. Aslam / May 6, 2013
yup… and who’ s gonna face the consequences, my friend?
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Kautilya / May 6, 2013
Rajapaksa’s were “Rasityadu Karaya’s in Beliatta.Father and sons didn,t have any decent education. Father running the country with the support of drug addicts, rapists. murderers,money launderers and robbers. So his offsprings behave like “Gasballas”
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Sama / May 8, 2013
But the problem is people in the county have no brains to differentiate rastiadu and not rastiadu today.
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Ben Hurling / May 6, 2013
“I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
I shall not submit to injustice from anyone”
― Mahatma Gandhi
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ONE / May 7, 2013
Ha ha ha
Om Tat Sat Naked fakir.
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Don Quixote / May 6, 2013
The problem is that these brats are usually surrounded by bodyguards ! That poor referee would have been massacred.
The Paksa bodyguards once took on the entire members pavilion at the Kandy Sports Club Ground in Nittawella.
That is the only ground on which they have been collectively Hooted (including the father) comprehensively !
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Aney Apochchi! / May 7, 2013
Don Quixote:
Thanks for reminding rugby fans of what happened at Nittawela a while back.
However, the sad fact is that that club’s “leaders” have chosen to sacrifice what principles were left by becoming avid followers of MR!
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Ben Hurling / May 7, 2013
I thought they learned a lesson in Kandy. Apparently they have not.
None of these cowardly brats will behave like this. If not for their 500+ entourage of bodyguards. Paid for by Sri Lankan tax payers. Sri Lankans love to abuse themselves.
PS: General SF is hardly provided any real security. While ruling family members and their cronies roam the country in fleets of 4 wheel driven vehicles. Scores of men with guns always tailing them. What a joke!
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Lion / May 7, 2013
Ben though its bad to say I certainly think that they may face the same fate of Sdam’s sons one day.
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Bun Hurling / May 7, 2013
The brutality you read on Saddam’s sons was the high profile American bedwetted propaganda which cannot be assimilated to these petty thieves’ silly encounters.
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Senguttuvan / May 9, 2013
Ben,
Ideally that is what should have happened. But then we have a new
feature in our “democracy” these days. The Sarvodaya Chief Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne told us, over a decade ago – “There is now a new feature in our country. They are called Security Guards. They are a law unto themselves. The Police are powerless against them because they are backed by the Ministers or other politicians”
Ariyaratne was telling us about an Auctin of some merchandise by the Govt where the public had assembled. These thugs called Security Guards have threatened and chased all of them away.
By the way, it was long before the Rajapakses took over.
If Dmitri had done what he should have done, he will be a dead hero today. To that extent he was practical – but has reason to be angry. The situation is substantially worse now – as Dr. Vermin, Monitor Duminda and the rest have so eloquently shown us this new kind of Buddhist Dhamma rule under the Chintanaya.
Senguttuvan
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Sun / May 6, 2013
Srilanka will be renamed soon as Rajabalukistan.
It is just a platform anyone to become criminals easily under the guidance of Rajapakse rascals.
No religion can save the country being fallen on to hands this kind of idiots. People are depressed NOT knowing what to do. :(
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China Doll / May 6, 2013
THUGS are running Sri Lanka! A regime of Rajapaksa Thugs and Murderers like Duminda are running the counrty
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China Doll / May 6, 2013
Sri Lanka’s silent Civil Society must start a campaign to oppose CHOGM’s support to the Rajapakse family of thugs regime which is effectively a military dictatorship.
Ever since CHOGM in Lanka was confirmed with India’s help the regime has been planning to strip the provincial councils of land and police powers.
Rajapakse effectively bribed India and Britain in exchange for CHOGM to boost his dictatorship at home through another Tamasha:
1. Britain got the million dollar Roll Royce engine deal for Camaron’s support for CHOGM. Sri Lanka cannot afford the cost of Rolls ROyce plane engines or the Commonwealth Circus. The country is in massive debt ant those funds would be better spend on up grading the public bus and train transport system.
2. India was promised the Northern PC election and the Sampur power plant to control the Trinco Harbour which is desperately wanted to balance China in Hambantota.
Democracy in Lanka is the victim of global geopolitics and the Rajapassa strategy of Divide and RULE. The UNP, JVP and other opposition groups, trade unions and civil society organizations should launch a massive opposition campaign against the Commonwealth of Clowns circus being held in Colombo and the massive waste of funds to host an irrelevant organization by the Rajapassa dictatorship – in front of the British and Indian High COmmissions and at the CHOGM venue..
Let us prepare for the Lanka Spring to gutter the CHOGM in Rajapassa ville!
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Ben Hurling / May 6, 2013
I fully agree.
Sri Lankans should rise against this event.
Organized by a family run, lawless dictatorship. To polish their image.
So far, LTTE die-ass-pora has been trying to throw pokes in the wheel of CHOGM. But, they have other motives that we cannot subscribe to. They want to see Sri Lanka becoming a failed state. We don’t share that goal.
People who love Sri Lanka should take charge of the campaign against CHOGM being held under Rajapassa family dictatorship.
Opposition is not playing its role. UNP is playing a double game.
Opposition needs provide leadership to the people. Opposition needs to unite, stand and fight. Otherwise Sri Lanka will be stuck with this terrible family for a while.
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ONE / May 7, 2013
So you are one of those who want to eat the cake see it and have it?
Hoooo! The UK will have nothing of it as the commonwealth is needed now more than before as the recent elections proves it.
Sinhala Buddhist racist gembas branded and bashed anyone with a Tamil heritage as a terrorist. Now the gas gembas are after the other minorities.
You voted for a warlord calling him king now suck his seepage which would give you the essence of life.
Learn to live with it cause the worse is yet to come.
It wont be a failed state but a clean wipe out for many golf courses and dana bana malasanya.Enjoy your stay.
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Ben Hurling / May 7, 2013
Buddy,
Sri Lankans will chase this family out. Sooner or later.
Leave it to us. Ealamists are not wanted for that battle. We know better.
Thnx anayway.
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Native Vedda / May 7, 2013
Ben Hurling
“Sri Lankans will chase this family out. Sooner or later.”
It took 30 years to get rid of VP and his LTTE, you needed support of 30 countries.
“We know better.”
If you knew better you would not have ended up under clan rule. Beg your pardon, VP too contributed considerably to the rise of the clan.
For him it would have been a sweet revenge, a legacy which is going to linger on for a long time.
VP is gone but MR is here to stay.
VP was a pain when he was alive.
VP is a pain even after his death.
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Aney Apochchi! / May 18, 2013
Ben Hurling:
You not only write rubbish but it epitomises the hypocrite that you are.
One thing’s for sure: your racism comes through loud and clear when you berate the LTTE while you really mean “TAMILS!”
Go back to your Rajapassa political womb without pretending to be re-born!
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Lion / May 7, 2013
Best thing would be to sign a petition by Srilankan to all the members of CHOGM not to participate in the event.Petition must clearly state the reason for such a request.
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PresiDunce Bean / May 6, 2013
@ramesi
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.
~ George Orwell
…in the case of Sri Lanka, it will be Rajapaksa boots that will be stamping on our faces…and it will go on forever if people don’t do anything about it.
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mervyn lye / May 6, 2013
the elder brother admonishing his younger brother , and also physically assaulting him in public is highly commendable …..
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sunildissa / May 6, 2013
why don’t you condemn the assault on the referee?
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Fairose / May 6, 2013
At least someone from the clan stood for what is right – Commendable
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Rohan / May 6, 2013
Bloody Referee… someone who whistles for a few rupees…. who cares!! How dare you let a Rajapksa lose?
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NAK / May 6, 2013
Would have been better if there were some photos of the actual altercation. having some photographs taken on the ground how come no photos of the assault?
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Aney Apochchi! / May 7, 2013
NAK:
That is typical of Sri Lanka. Whoever took pictures didn’t have the guts to publish the most important one of the assault itself!
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Ayesh / May 6, 2013
Yes that is true… at least he is trying to set an example and avoid further conflict. If it was someone else they wouldn’t have even been in discussion with the referees. But this Dimitri is also known to be a bent ref, he has got into issue previously with other players as well.
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Burt / May 6, 2013
Lets cover this up with Sri Lanka’s two famous phrases:
“Boys will be boys”
“It’s an international conspiracy”.
Hail to the king of Rajapakastan.
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Pol Pot / May 15, 2013
What about “It was a Misunderstanding” ?
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Siri / May 6, 2013
I thought the sons of MR are taught to behave civilized. But this kind of assualts would not differentiate them with Son of Mervin the vermin. They are all the same bunch.
If this was the case for a son of PM in the UK, PM would ask own sons to ask for an appology promtly. But how can MR have those qualities ?
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Fairose / May 6, 2013
If MR have those qualities, surely Sri Lanka would have become the paradise of ASIA because he rise to the zenith of the popularity ever achieved by any ‘President of Sri Lanka’ and surely he will go to very bottom that was never achieved by any ‘President’ very soon.
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Aney Apochchi! / May 7, 2013
Siri:
There is a saying that this incident proves: “The fruit does not fall far away from the tree!”
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Sachi / May 6, 2013
I can’t agree with the way they played. But Dimithri Gunasekara also not good in making decisions. People attacked him earlier times too…!!!!! http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1718941761.html
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Ambettaya / May 6, 2013
There is an Association to take care of such acts by players and referees. No one should ever condone this kind of behaviour by any player, be it MR’s sons or any others’. Ban the brat for 3 years.
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nihalsena / May 6, 2013
Ban Prince Rohitha? Are you out of your mind? This is Rajapakse land.
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Native Vedda / May 9, 2013
nihalsena
I am sorry, this is Veddah Land.
Rajapakse clan is the squatters just like his Sinhala/Tamil brethren.
They will have to leave my ancestral island one day.
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Piranha / May 6, 2013
I believe Yoshitha was involved in a violent confrontation with the spectators in a rugby match last year. The sons are following in their father’s footsteps. Wasn’t Mahinda Rajapaksa accused of a violent act many years ago?
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Roger Kumar / May 6, 2013
Ruffians Rule The Country . Result Ruffian behavior . Sri lanka’s murder rate is high. With all this and worse the Commonwealth Members are all going to SL only to Wine and dine and have a gala time in the Island . There is no honesty in world politics . It’s all about make hay while the sun shines . Why throw stones only at SL . We can throw stones on all nations . It’s a sad , sad world .
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Lion / May 7, 2013
Still the incident was not reported in any of those so-called national news papers even e news has not got this news.I thinks lap tops car permit and car loans have silenced them and put them in to deep slumber.Comedy country comedy people.
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J.Muthu / May 6, 2013
Hooray enjoy mor to come….
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leonardo / May 6, 2013
this is a muslim conspiracy too…they probably harassed the refree into bieng unfair to the rajapksa brothers. over to you BBS.
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Sun / May 6, 2013
No no, they would loud mouth to the stupid folks that this is also as a trick of imperialists.. .. that s how they have been sofar be it a state matter or pvt one..
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Senguttuvan / May 6, 2013
Leonardo.
It is the Tamil diaspora – both from Canada and the UK – together with the TGTE had asked the TNA to pay the Referee to create an ugly scene
to bring “disrepute” to the Rajapakse ruling family. The idea is to sully their good name before the CHOGM and for the records of the UNHRC in Geneva. Ammey! What bad people we have around to spoil the name of such a wonderful governing clique.
Senguttuvan
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Native Vedda / May 6, 2013
Senguttuvan
You have just missed out LTTE rumps and exiled journalists. Its and insult to the clan for which they will never forgive you for the omission.
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Anura / May 7, 2013
Senguttuvan,
You said this with sarcasm. But the real sad side is when/if general public hear about this incident through gov control TV or other media, 70 to 80% of Sinhalese believe what you said above as crystal clear truth…
Comments you see in this site do not represent SL unfortunately
Anura
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U+26CFPICK / May 7, 2013
Sangutavon
You defer like a hoe and deter like a mandrill.
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reality / May 6, 2013
lol
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sunildissa / May 6, 2013
not only Muslim but also some international agencies must have been involved. also NGOs.
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Grumbot / May 7, 2013
Could be.. I even overheard somebody say the otherwise story that the Muslims conspired Rajapaksa Sons to intimidate the referee in Public for the Greek Cypriot always cosset with the A Team’s Frank Lupo.
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Sanath / May 8, 2013
the scum rules the country. So this is what to expect from them and their ofspring
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Ambettaya / May 6, 2013
Says Dimitri Gunasekera – I had a bad sinus problem and I asked Rohitha’s assistance to clear the nasal passage with a clout. Rohitha didn’t do any harm to me. What a country, like no other!!
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Gutikewa / May 6, 2013
I think they (sons) studied at Galkissa Central, What more can you expect?
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Ambettaya / May 8, 2013
The school has nothing to do with bad parenting and upbringing. Lets us not go to lengths to quote others from other Colombo & schools also!! Dirty linen, there’s a plenty!!
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rasavath / May 8, 2013
it’s their only saving grace that is why the boy Yoshitha hit Chichi he remembered lessons from school……….. by the sea
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AMT / May 12, 2013
Chips off the old block?
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dodi / May 6, 2013
Only solution to all the problems in Sri Lanka: Get rid of the Rajapakse regime and everything will return to normal.
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Jamal / May 6, 2013
The question is who will BELL THE CAT!
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PresiDunce Bean / May 6, 2013
@Jamal
A UN force like the one that took on Saddam will be the only way that the Rajapaksasas’ can be dislodged from power. Of course, they will not last as long as Saddam or Gaddafi, but their family dream is probably to be like the Kim family of North Korea. This might have sounded funny if someone said it 5 or 6 years ago…but with the advent of the 18th amendment, the armed forces controlled by MRs Goat brother and all other important institutions headed by his close family and extended family, this scenario is no longer a joke. Sadly, by the time the gullible majority realises what has happened it will be to late to save Sri RajaPakistan.
The United Bikkhu Front General Secretary, Venerable Thinyawala Palitha Thera told a news conference that the Sri Lankan population should get rid of its timid nature and rise up against injustice that was meted out to them. “There is no other population in the world which is more timid than the Sri Lankan population,” he said.
http://www.dailymirror.lk/news/29002-people-should-stop-paying-their-electricity-bills-thera.html
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Jamal / May 10, 2013
@P/Bean unfortunately we as a nation have suddenly become spineless. Look at the Professional Bodies. Remember when Jhonny got down sub std cement which was initially rejected, by the standards bureau? He got fake certificates from that fake country Pakistan and cheated the Country to accept it without a murmur from the Institution of Engineers. The only professional body with a little bite are the lawyers in BASL! Even they don’t carry a full palette. This is the sorry state we are in today! So there is nothing we can do except practise patience. Perhaps Superman is on his way or we will be rendered into ashes and then rise up like the Phoenix! Only problem is that some us are in the eve of our departure. So there is no point in booking a ring side seat to watch the fun.
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Watcher / May 6, 2013
As I said before, good president’s downfall will be these brats that are nothing but corrupt goons.
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K.A Sumanasek I era / May 6, 2013
It is amazing how these anti Sinhalam, anti Buddhist anti Lanka and anti Rajapaksians are so shocked and zoom in with all guns blazing to attack a younster for a minor scuffle in the heat of a Rugby encounter.
These people perhaps are too busy listening to propaganda and watching C4 in their comfy lounges and never been or seen the racial abuse, assaults , knocout punches and bloody noses in Union, Rugby and Footy games in their adopted lands every weekend.
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nihalsena / May 6, 2013
The slave speaks again!
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Aney Apochchi! / May 7, 2013
Ado Sumanasekeraya:
You said- to attack a younster for a minor scuffle in the heat of a Rugby encounter.
Since when did assaulting a referee become such as that?
You are without shame and you are better off applying your tongue to you-know-where than spending time in defence of your lords and masters on CT.
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AYMAN / May 7, 2013
“ARSE LICKER” RISES TO DEFEND.
REMEMBER, INJURIES IN GAMES ARE PART OF THE GAME.
HITTING THE REFEREE (ONE WHO CONTROLS THE GAME) CANNOT BE TOLERATED.
BUT THEN HE IS THE SON OF THE PRESIDENT WHO “PUNCHED” THE CHIEF JUSTICE.
FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE SET BY THE FATHER. ANYTHING WRONG?????????
SONS WILL OUTDO THE FATHER.” SUBHA ANAGATHEYAK”
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GUI / May 7, 2013
This is Leela the idle python.
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Peace Lover / May 7, 2013
Sumanasekera is none other than that ass licker Leela (of the Lee Potter housing scandal fame!)
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rasavath / May 8, 2013
I agree what all the racial crap has to do with this I don’t know! But it is not minor these are the siblings of the President , they are the first family! This act sets a bad example and is a disgrace.
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DODU / May 6, 2013
What a Great Family is this? Full of thugs and murderers! Not only rugby everything in this country, including Judicery, have been severly politicized by this family! What a shame!
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kris / May 6, 2013
This is all rubbish , under captaincy of the Rajapakse sons FIRST time in the SL rugby history SL won the five nation rugby tournament , SL rugby is going in right direction -these LTTE supporters and opersitions parties blaming for everything
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gamini / May 6, 2013
We can imagine how much MR would have paid the foreign teams to lose.
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AYMAN / May 7, 2013
GAMINI, GIVE THE RAJAPAKSES A CHANCE
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Jamal / May 7, 2013
Gamini did you not hear about our incomparable Sri Lankan hospitality? Lankaenews reported that each foreign player was assigned a Russian hostess. They looked after them so well, they had no stamina left in the morning! Thats Hospitality? The players never felt the same in the morning. The secret is in the Hospitality!,
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kris / May 15, 2013
When you see their talent you always feel Jealousy that is why making up stories like this to discredit SL
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Darlin de Silva / May 6, 2013
It is the breeding. Their motto is “hondin hary narakin mata dinanna owna”. That is “I must win by good means or bad means”. Like father like son.
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lanka saanka / May 6, 2013
Yeah, its sure is an international conspiracy – wait until Wimal brother comes out with details
Its definitely an attempt to destabilize the country, erase Buddhism from the country and bring in economic downfall of the nation by spreading stories distorting the actual happening, when the serene youngest son of the incumbent HE the Maha Mahinda Percival Rajpakse, tried to hit and remove a fly on the referees shoulder and give him some well meant advice about keeping flies out.
Young Rohitha, not even an enlist of the Navy, was going out of his way to help the sri lanka’s navy when he was subjected to this kind of most unkind hate campaign.
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P.B / May 6, 2013
Thugs running the country
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P.B / May 6, 2013
Is this child ok in the head
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Truthseeker / May 6, 2013
Sad state of affairs indeed, tyranny prevails. Saying that,it’s quite a surprise Yoshitha intervened-guess not all the Rajapakse’s are the same.
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Jamal / May 6, 2013
Did anyone see the referee hitting himself? Leelananda and Lester, the two clowns will soon suggest they did!
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Rooster / May 6, 2013
You forgot KA Sumanasekera.
This dirty paksas must go for good fast.
There should be a single board carrying their names.
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Chanticleer / May 7, 2013
There’s another underarm crony, the cut-and-paste fame Senguttuvan.
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rahman / May 6, 2013
@ leonardo
R u joking? can’t laugh now will laugh later
ok : bullshit
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Soemoe / May 6, 2013
You idiots now paying the penalty,,, f,,,,g before you
Worship this goon regime u should think now too little
Too late,,, f,,, g BBS n gota gona learn a lesson
Very soon,,, over to you my fella citizen god bless
SriLanka ,,
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grey / May 6, 2013
someone should [Edited out] these [Edited out] fuckers once and for all…….
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Malcolm Lawson / May 6, 2013
They were Thomian ruggerites, this refree must have done something stupid, surely.
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captain udaya / May 6, 2013
3 idiots
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AMT / May 12, 2013
only idiots begot idiots
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Mahinda and the awful family / May 6, 2013
All these corrupted bastards needs to be chased out of Sri Lanka. These rascals are not even decent enough to play a game in harmony. Bloody 3rd class pricks.
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sharaad khan / May 6, 2013
well things like this had happened in the past as well.no matter how big the player or his family background assaulting a referee in any sport in not accepted in any sport, and i believe that a strong punishment must be given so it will be an example for other players too.hats off to yoshitha for coming in and and have slap his younger brother.
And i would suggest that not to make this issue a political problem.
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