Denying the story carried by the Sinhala daily Lankadeepa “Karaliye Perali” Column, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu says that he was out of Sri Lanka from the 10th to the 17thNovember and never met with any “special representatives” from Canada on the beaches of Koggala before the CHOGM or since.
Lankadeepa Columnist wrote; Dr. Saravanamuttu along with former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Ms. Sunethra Bandaranaike engaged in a “special discussion on the politics of the country” on the “Koggala beaches” with “special representatives” from Canada.
We publish below the letter to Lankadeepa in full;
Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu – Executive Director – CPA
Mr. Siri Ranasinghe
The Editor
Lankadeepa
Wijeya Newspapers Ltd
08 Hunupitiya Cross Road
Colombo 02.
29.11.2013
Dear Sir,
I am writing to you with regard to a reference to me in your newspaper of today in a Column titled “Karaliye Perali” by Ranjana.
The reference to me states that during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held recently in Colombo, I, along with former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Ms. Sunethra Bandaranaike engaged in a “special discussion on the politics of the country” on the “Koggala beaches “with “special representatives “ from Canada. Your columnist goes on to state
“We have come to know that the government and the President were subjected to severe criticism in this discussion.
The above reference to me in a newspaper that claims to uphold the highest standards of media professionalism and ethics is indeed both shocking and depressing. The reference to me demonstrates a shoddy disregard for accuracy in reportage. I was out of Sri Lanka from the 10th to the 17thNovember and never met with any “special representatives “from Canada on the beaches of Koggala before the CHOGM or since.
Accordingly, please publish this letter in full in the next edition of your newspaper and with the same prominence accorded to the column in which the reference to me appears. Furthermore as a newspaper that claims to engage in serious journalism, I expect your organization will also publish an apology for this blatantly inaccurate and misleading reportage concerning me.
Please note, if my letter is not published as requested, I will have no choice but to consider recourse to other means of ensuring my rights are protected.
In the public interest, I will be releasing this letter to the media.
Yours sincerely
Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
Amarasiri / November 30, 2013
“Denying the story carried by the Sinhala daily Lankadeepa “Karaliye Perali” Column, Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu says that he was out of Sri Lanka from the 10th to the 17thNovember and never met with any “special representatives “from Canada on the beaches of Koggala before the CHOGM or since.”
Lankadeepaya, Daily News, Times, On server, The Island , theDaily morror are all infested with Shills of the regime.
So take the stories with a bag of salt.
All those are Shills or liars, and the Regime Dogs..
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JimSofty / November 30, 2013
Amarasiri:
You Iduiot.
So, Lankadeepa may be wrong with respect to the exact dates. I don’t think Lankadeepa is wrong with respect to the happened incident.
Can Saravanamuththu deny the connections with “Sunethra ?????” and CBK ?
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mike / November 30, 2013
Jim Nutty, how can you think when your brains are embedded in the wrong place??
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JimSofty / November 30, 2013
You mean [Edited out] ?
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Palayang yako! / December 1, 2013
Mike:
In the case of Jim Nutty it might be the wrong place but it is without doubt the appropriate place because of what it produces.
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Pandaranayagam / November 30, 2013
Jim Softy,
Even by your established low standards there is a level to which one can sink. What is wrong in Dr. Saravanamuttu knowing the Bandaranaike sisters at close quarters. Every one has a private
space in their personal lives that should not be violated – a
principle scrupulously respected by decent men and women all over.
Clearly you do not fit into that cultured grouping.
Pandaranayagam
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MrRetort / December 1, 2013
Why are you talking about decency to Jim? a canine Jim is thousand times a better than this eccentric creature who loves only fecalis.
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len / November 30, 2013
Paraphrasing you Jim! You Iduiot “never met with any “special representatives “from Canada on the beaches of Koggala before the CHOGM or since”. That’s the answer to the question? I do sympathies your struggle to comprehend the English language.
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Manik / November 30, 2013
Why does he want to deny the connections with former President and her family…..???
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Peter / November 30, 2013
Softy – As usual your “thoughts” reflect your tunnel vision. What does Sara’s “connections” with either Sunethra or Chandrika have to do with the false reporting by Lankadeepa?
Give us a break from your bullshit!
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Sidney / November 30, 2013
Fact is that CBK is the only alternative to the current regime. She MUST run as the JOINT OPPOSITION candidate. The SInhala masses are fed up of Rajapassa, brothers and sons and their CORRUPTION and longing to have CBK back – since Ranil is such a looser and Sarath FOnseka a war criminal like Rajapassa.
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sarojini / November 30, 2013
isnt CBK called Chaura Rajini or he Bandit Queen by someone
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Native Vedda / December 1, 2013
sarojini, Lallu, Abhaya, Hela, Jimmy, Banda, K.A Sumanasekera, Vibhushana,…………………………………………………
”Gotabaya Rajapaksa Meets Salman Khurshid During Low-key Visit to Delhi”, New Indian Express.com reported. ……………. Why is he in Delhi town?……..Could you confirm his bal.. are intact after meeting Hindian officials?
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mike / December 1, 2013
Even our First Lady is called Psycho Queen!
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Liberal One / November 30, 2013
But how would she confront the racist eelamists?
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Pol Cat / November 30, 2013
Like the Daily Mirror and Sunday Times, the Lanka Deepa is a piece of trash – good to whip Rajapassa’s Ass!
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Levi / December 6, 2013
Pol Cat
Does he need Papers at all.
With all the Ass Lickers Like ASW GLP & Co. They will lick it clean where he nay have to use cotton Gauze and gelsun lotion to soothe and heal the wounds caused by Licking.
Furthermore with all commissions cuts earned he can afford specially imported French Lavender perfumed Toilet Papers.
Lankadeepa is for you, me and Citizen Banda’
LEVI
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Yoosuf / November 30, 2013
Why should he deny having contact with CBK any body connected with politics of this country. Since we live in free country anybody has a soverign right to engage with any person connected with past or present politics.
Why should this nut or the writer of lankadeepa bother about who is having contacts with anybody.
Does these fellows think that each and every person should take permission from the regime, to discuss the current politics of the country” What nonsense.
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Amarasiri / December 1, 2013
Jim Idioty,……………………………………………….
The data, observations and reasons support the Earth going around the Sun. Similarly, Jimmy Idiot, will have to invent new data and observations,to the contrary……………………………………
There are a lot of Mara Shills who are Regime Dogs. They, can do it, bit no one will believe the Dogs. Try making the Sun go around the Earth, the which the Pope failed to do………………….
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Ajith / November 30, 2013
Lankadeepa is qualified to be nominated for “BEST SRILankan RACIST MEDIA AWARD by Gotapaya for spreading lies around Sinhalese.
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ruwan / November 30, 2013
right on Amare ! Regime Dogs, I like that !
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K.A Sumanasekera / November 30, 2013
Will it be Sunethra B, this time……
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PalmSquirrell / November 30, 2013
Sri Lanka’s big newspapers are liars for the regime. –Their intention is to mislead the Sinhala masses. –Sinhala masses whos English literacy is sketchy to non-exsistent will not know about the correction from Dr. Saravanamuthu.
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JimSofty / November 30, 2013
Palm Squirril:
You donkey, don’t know what you are talking.
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mike / November 30, 2013
Jim Nutty, you moron, what is wrong with you? G.f.y.
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len / November 30, 2013
English literacy is sketchy to non-existent will not know about the correction from Dr. Saravanamuthu
Case in point
“Jim Softy Palm Squirrel: You donkey, don’t know what you are talking”
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Peter / November 30, 2013
Softy – Once more you display your idiocy – not to mention your moronic retorts.
Like I said earlier, give us a break from your bullshit. Ant that should apply to your numerous pseudonyms as well. Stick to your (pseudonymous) more intelligent analyses on comparative philosophies.
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RajasH / November 30, 2013
CT pleasre please take of the rating icons, it is an eye sotre
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PalmSquirrell / November 30, 2013
CT can you please fix the formatting code, so that we may have paragraphs.–Thanks.
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Fathima Fukushima / November 30, 2013
NGO dirt eater!
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Simon Appu / November 30, 2013
These are blatant lies to disgrace Sara and CBK.
They HAVE been doing the same with Ranil. Their focus is to decieve the stupid general public again and again.
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Joe / November 30, 2013
Virus infection. Use Mcfee to scan Jim’s brain and MR brothers too.
Even if they meet that is non his business. Do they need to get permision from this jerk.
Srilanka has a Computer elected president.
According to the President Mother lanka is a free country. Though this guy says a free country but he will be the first perosn freek out when top guns meet.
What a moran he is.
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JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA / December 1, 2013
All those,Dahja Jarapassas, their goons, and Fleas like Sarojini, Lalula, Ahmbhaya, Helua, Jimmya, Dalu Banda, KA Sumanawathi, bijushana, are Viruses and Cancers to Sri Lankan Society.
After the SHOWGON CARNIVAL FINISH, They the Buffalos gave Budget GAL BANIS to sri lankans
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ela kolla / December 2, 2013
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Ben Dover / December 3, 2013
Ela kolla, Ela kolla, what dost though do?
You keep writing and writing but all ends up in poo
Your knickers’r in a twist, tis plain to see
Else why for CT cutting everything at the knee?
Don’t you get the message, given loud and clear
Heavens, you’re no Burns nor Dickens nor Shakespeare
Instead methinks, you’re some kind of twit
With less than two brain cells that must pong like s**t
They say that with some effort
One can pull boy out of Ela
But Ela out of Boy?
Forget it, young fella
So stay silent from now on
And say no more
If you value your pride
Don’t let your idiocy show
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K.A Sumanasekera / November 30, 2013
Civil Tiger Paisiakothy holds political strategy meets,with the ex President.to roll the current one.
When the National Newspapers which cater to the great majority of the inhabitant population reports it .Mr Paikiasothy has the audacity to demand apologies.
And the LTTE proxy TNA Leader is crying in Parliament to tell the “whole world” that him and his supporters have no freedom, no dignity, no nothing….
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Max Silva / November 30, 2013
Paki,why get so worked up?Take it easy.$$$$$$$.
Oh! Paki ever heard of a bloke going by the name of Muthaiya Muralidaran?NO!You are the best Paki.We are very proud of you.But don’t push your luck too hard.You ask Mangy.He will tell you more about Tharawathe Ajith,Rohana Kumara.Sanath Goonatilaka will tell you more.
Paki we love you,$$$$$$!
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Probono Publico / December 2, 2013
Lankadeepa is a good sheet to wipe Sumansekeras shit infested bum!
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Thondamanaru / November 30, 2013
What is of interest are the contents.
Let Lankadeepa tharsh it out with Pakayasothy the dates…………..
On the the other hand there is no denial by Pakaya Sothy of the contents….. He is interested in dates.
There will be no smoke without a fire…. Something very fishy.
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Rick / November 30, 2013
You people are once again at each others throats. Dr.Sara has made his point clear. Lankadeepa has to admit they are wrong and that’s it. Period. It’s a shame you people try to split hairs over nothing. No wonder Sri Lanka is facing problems from outside forces. Grow up!
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bo / November 30, 2013
Well, there is something called video conferencing. No need for paki to be physically at Koggala. It is quite easy for him to be at the meeting, virtual. So what he states may be correct, and what Lankadeepa states may also be correct. I am sure the educated readers would make their own judgment.
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Lapatiya / November 30, 2013
@ bo,
Next time you write your name as “booruwa”. You have enough qualifications to be a Presidential Advisor.
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hadagamba / November 30, 2013
Hi La-patiya
Practice before you preach (your bullshits).
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bo / December 1, 2013
What can we do if Lapatiya was born with his brain between his legs. It is your karma, boy, as you call yourself a lapatiya!
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Peter Casie Chetty / December 3, 2013
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Thondamanaru / November 30, 2013
oh !!!!!!!! Bo…….U put the Master Blaster in the shade. What a hit………… U hit the nail on the head. Ouch…
Pakayasothy’s pathetic facial expression would not bring about an apology from the Lankadeepa anytime soon………….
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Tony Orlando / December 1, 2013
Silly mudslinging by sycophantic newspapers. While Sara is a known critic of this regime, he also lives in la-la land. He and Sunethra B are very “close” but everyone has a right to private and personal relationships. He has refuted the allegations and it can be very easily proven in a court of law by looking at the date-stamps on his passport.. Lankadeepa carries water for the family run empire and they have no choice. Dirty attacks by sycophants are the norm now in our great Dhammadeepa(cough cough).
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Ravi Attanayake / December 2, 2013
Pakiasothy the NGO kaaka is paid by
the Americans. This is why he and
his so called Centre for Police
Alternatives have lost all credibility.
He boasts that he can do anything
with the US Embassy in Colombo and
the State Department in Washington DC.
Little wonder, Uncle Sam is sometimes
called ugly American. That is only
a handful in the policy establishment who
promote lackeys like this in the process
creating more and more enemies.
I don’t know the veracity of this Paki’s
claim. But he should take that up with
the Lankadeepa. There is money for jam –
Business Class trips etc etc So Paki is
living it up.
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hela / December 2, 2013
I thought Paikiyasothy is for freedom of expression and press freedom. Why try to gag them through court orders? Paikiyasothy’s anti SL conspiracies in cohorts with Western governments & their reps are well known ‘secrets’.
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PalmSquirrell / December 3, 2013
Dr Saravanamuthu is not gagging them, he is asking for a retraction of the flase claims. If you think that is gagging the press then you do not understand the definition of “gagging”.
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Ravi Attanayake / December 2, 2013
Even his other secrets
are too public now
though he claims he
was not on the beach.
Why do you need the
beach when you have
a good bedroom. Keep
on doing it, old Paki
boy. You and your
polkattu accent are
no match for your
skulduggery.
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Peter Casie Chetty / December 3, 2013
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email / December 3, 2013
The whole world is laughing at this man and these two hopeless women!!! What a disgrace to the Sinhalese women kind !!!
Didn’t Colombo Telegraph have better article to publish?????
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Punchi Malli / December 3, 2013
Through CHOGM it became clearer… now every one is aware of the fact. that you Raja is alleged war criminal. Earlier Ceylon, Srilanka was known to anybody as the country where Ms Bandaranayake was born – as the first female PM for entire world, but today, what the westerners ask me is- oh Srilanka, where Rajapakshes -highly corrupted canibalists that deliberatedly took the lives of innocent tamil civilians in the end of the war.
That is the ground reality. you and the ilk would take light years to get this though.
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Peter Casie Chetty / December 3, 2013
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