Even though Prime Minister Rani Wickremesinghe had come to the rescue of Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa, he was arrested by the CID a short while ago at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) after detecting that he was travelling on an invalid passport, police said.
*Photo – Wimal’s flight comments in the airport system
High drama prevailed at the Bandaranaike International Airport today when CID officers stopped National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa MP from going abroad.
Weerawansa reportedly had behaved in an unruly manner first argiving with the immigration officers and later with the CID officers who had questioned him.
Meanwhile Weerawansa explaining matters said “I came to the BIA around 3.30 am today to leave on a tour to Italy, France and UK. When I produced my passport at the immigration desk an officer said it was not valid”
“I recently lost my passport and in place of that obtained a new one. Later I found my lost passport and had mistakenly sent it to stamp the visa. However in this period I also lost the passport I had newly obtained”
“The Immigration officers told me that if I can get a new passport I could travel with the Visa stamped in my old passport. So I went to Immigration and Emigration office in Colombo and obtained a new passport and came back to BIA with the old and the new one in possession”
“However by this time CID officers were present and they stopped and questioned me despite the fact I had acted in accordance with the Immigration officers advise”
Weerawansa went on to say that he was going to Europe on an invitation extended by several organizations to conduct lectures on the prevailing situation in Sri Lanka following the government’s agreement to implement proposal contained in the recent UNHRC resolution.
Weerawansa described the incident as a clear attempt to stop him from going abroad and relaying the truth to Sri Lankan’s domiciled in Europe about the current happenings in the country.
The National Freedom Front leader said that he had got reliable information that the government was trying to arrest him.
However, an Immigration officer said that Weerawansa had behaved in a wild manner using foul language while accusing the officers of being involved in a conspiracy to arrest him.
Leader of the House, Minister Lakshman Kirielle informed parliament earlier that MP Wimal Weerawansa who was detained at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) by the CID has been allowed to leave the country after Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe facilitated the legal clearance of Weerawansa’s passport.
jansee / October 23, 2015
Guys (and gals), isn’t this a great news. Will appreciate if someone can give him a mat for this guy to fast unto death.
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sarath / October 23, 2015
Now the job of Ranil is to rescue the members of MR & CO. He will never allow to punish any Rajapaksas or a henchmen. Nice hahapalanaya. What the use of independent commissions if he can pork his dirty fucking fingers?
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Ordinary Lankan / October 23, 2015
True, Hats off to CID & Immigration officials
PM Ranil cannot play Monkey every time
Now Attorney General should do the rest, see Weerawansa in jail, if MR henchmen protector Ranil interferes AG should go public,
We public will deal with PM Ranil, you may rest assured
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silva / October 23, 2015
So the PM intervense in a matter of immigration, This is how corruption starts. Good governance. institutions should be allowed to carry out its rules and regulations even if the president or the PM is in violation of these rules let alone Wimal. CMB Telegraph please follow wimals journey to Europe. I mean the same man who hates the West and wants a Boycott now going to see Traitors in the west who has invited him his supporters to giv talks.
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Sylvia Haik / October 23, 2015
I agree. No one should be above the law, whoever it is. I am sure Weerawansa would have asked “Do you know who I am. Knowing people know I am who”. Ranil should butt out of these situations if his credibility is to be maintained.
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Uthungan / October 23, 2015
What a unique, wonderful Alice in Wonderland paradise country SL is, the only place in the world where the PM of the country, interferes and instructs it’s officials in it’s Immigration & Emmigration dept., to observe the law in the breach rather than adhere to the proper law.
It will not be a surprise at this rate, if the said process becomes a feature with regard to judgements made by judges in the country’s SC too.
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ponzi cabral / October 25, 2015
“SL is, the only place in the world where the PM of the country, interferes and instructs it’s officials in it’s Immigration & Emmigration dept., to observe the law in the breach rather than adhere to the proper law.”
It is also the country where the morally corrupt PM openly supports and gives his fullest backing to the CB Governor and his son-in-law who maliciously pilfered state funds in the recent bond scam.
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samare / October 23, 2015
We talk about behaved wild manner. does this man know any others to behave civlized ?
Remember the days that he went on protest betrayying entire nation though stupid gawky folks of 300 000 voted for him again. ? Why is this repeating in this god punished nation ? [Edited out] deserves high prison of the country… Besides, he is educated enough to hold lectuers in the Europe ?
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ramona therese fernando / October 23, 2015
So! This government is to be a repressive-totalitarian-dictatorship, is it?!!!
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rohan polwatte / October 23, 2015
ramona therese fernando
You are stupid moron who is still supporting the thieves and thugs of the former mafia regime.
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sama / October 24, 2015
This we got proved in last election – colombo living people not a small sum but over 300 000 voted for the bugger. Why ? This thirisannu would do anything for rice packets or the like pitty gains.
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ramona therese fernando / October 24, 2015
rohan polwatte,
Not at all! If this current regime can be true to the people, and true to country unity, then I am all for them. That Ranil has stepped in to let WW go for the European talks, goes to show that they are supportable.
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Ordinary Lankan / October 23, 2015
[Edited out]
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samare / October 23, 2015
This meeharaka will repeat his way of lossing passports in the future too.
Hope not that the bugger would faint in the Europe – being unable to digest Emperialism: hOPE NOT he will be frozen by unfamiliar tmeperatures down in Europe. THis man has been suffering from INFERIOR complex.
Can it be an excuse ? That passport went missing once and twice and thrice ?
They make laws in favour of them ?
This time baby boy is not the lap dog of MR – leaving the country by own on a normal plane ? all these are too much to the bugger. I guess.
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Treehorse / October 23, 2015
our PM is not allowing enforcement officers to do their duties. Why our Premier also all if I am stopped by the immigration officers of having irregularities in my travel documents? Yeah we know , Law only applies to only common losers like us.
I am sick and tired of showing two faces of the law !!
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Barathan / October 23, 2015
Law is struggling to prevail. Today Immigration is thwarted, tomorrow CID will be strangled.
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Gune / October 23, 2015
Interesting. This son of the soil and patriot who looks down on the rich and claims to walk with the masses is travelling first class. I have no objection in him flying first class it is just that his mouth talks 3rd class stuff but travels first class.
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bo / October 23, 2015
Why does not he travel in third class or economy, and share the cost difference with someone’s child that needs surgery or a pair of shoes for the school or money for text books? Has he forgotten that he was a JVPer once and a representative of the under trodden masses as he always claim. Now he thinks that he does not identify with them but still wants the masses to pay for his excesses, to carry him on the first class magic carpet; such a hypocrite and traitor, shame on you to use VIP lounge, avoiding queues at the airport that we the masses have to experience. What a pathetic example you are booruwansa.
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Seelawathi Bolamanike / October 23, 2015
Greatest news of the day.
I can listen to anyone, but this mans paranoic theories are beyond all ethics and morals. This was allowed by MR regime, but nt the current one.
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Rarityminds / October 23, 2015
Yes, Seela the day lanken laws would be able to hang Wimal Buruwanse by his balls, the day, we will start with reconciliation of all the folks towards peace and harmony of the country.
I waspleased hearing that lanken parliament will bring new laws to ban hate speeches in terms thornful issues related to the folks. That will be a great move.
I know that GERMANS or ITALIANS dont allow the word – Asshole to be used evasively… pointing middle finger at anyone in public is a punishable act. Even accusing someone to have done anything in public wihtout evidences is highly punishable in germany. They called it you could be subjected to court case (anzeige), if anyone regardless of the status would behave so. But none of these have values in the country – turned to a bananna republic by MR. why ?
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Analyst / October 23, 2015
Drama Queen of SL.. What’s next he has finished his hate speeches in SL , and he wants to give hate speech in Europe as well. What a lucky fellow hoping to be the next President. Dream on .
In the mean time the PM has intervened to rescue him.
This shows they’re all from the same mould. Scratch each other’s backs.
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Native Vedda / October 23, 2015
Analyst
“This shows they’re all from the same mould. Scratch each other’s backs “
In this case, cratch each other’s b***s.
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samare / October 23, 2015
I have no doubt the boy tried to seek for refuge in Europe.
Right at the moment, they the germans allow Syrian real refugees to seek refuge on german and other european soils. So may be the bugger et al thought of some relieve
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Native Vedda / October 23, 2015
samare
“I have no doubt the boy tried to seek for refuge in Europe. “
As a Tamil man from Vanni of course.
Did the authorities find another forged passport hidden in the secret compartment of his man bag?
Possible name, Wimalanathan Weerasingham
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Sengodan. M / October 23, 2015
What is Ranil up to? This rouge of a fellow who will lose and recover passports at will and speak foul language at officers is being defended by the Prime Minister of the country?
Sengodan. M
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Douglas / October 23, 2015
Treehorse: You are way behind knowing the “Legal System” put in place, after August 17, 2015. Our newly appointed “Prime Minister” is also the “COMBINED”, “De Facto” and “De Jure” “Chief Justice” of the country. He decides whom to “arrest”; “release”; “pardon” ; and “how to charge”, “on what to investigate”;etc….etc.. Haven’t we achieved that status of “Miracle Of Asia” that which could not be achieved by the the ex President Mr. Mahinda Rajapakse? Please cheer us on our great ACHIEVEMENTS. Thank you.
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EDWIN RODRIGO / October 23, 2015
This is very bad news for our motherland. Our great hero is leaving us at a time when we need him the most, with the imperialist wolves baying at our door and some of our leaders trying to unlock the door for them.
All I can say right now is:
Please Don’t Go..Tum de Tum Tum..Please Don’t Go..Plinkety..Plom.. Plom
Please Don’t Go..Tum de Tum Tum..Please Don’t Go..Plinkety..Plom..Plom
Please …. Oh…… Please…. Don’t GOH!
Music Stops abruptly with a huge BANG of Cymbals
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MrRetort / October 23, 2015
Call your godfather Goata and give your phone back to CID Officers and he scream at them to shit in their pants and chase them away. You can say bye bye and fly away to Europe or any THUTHUKUDIYA.
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Plato. / October 23, 2015
I Dont blame this Plonker Weerawansa.There were some 300,000 preferential votes cast for him,and that too,in the most Literate District-Colombo.It is just this that gives him the confidence to be high-handed.
What does all this indicate? Where is Srilanka heading with these Lawless legislators?
The PMs attempt to save Weerawansa is another scandal!
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Vetmahadeva / October 23, 2015
Premier is responsible in keeping on this farce of an Electoral Process, that allows crooked people like Boruwanse accumulating 300,000 votes and being elected to august assemblies
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Raizuh Langai / October 23, 2015
Doesn’t he know the Immigration & Emigration law of the land? He is the best candidate to be our Minister of Immigration.
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Vetmahadeva / October 23, 2015
Weerawansa Arrested,
Ranil is get caught in two accounts as well!
First for his interfering with law enforcing officer, 2nd is that his preparedness for double dealing of implementing law as well as with political opponents!!
The Great news that Law Enforcement had done their job with some integrity.
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Non PhD / October 23, 2015
Wimal Weeravansa is on a trip to western countries at the invitation of various groups representing the Sinhales Diaspora and campaign against the UN report.
Will there be transparency on what he speaks and on the hidden agenda to undermine the reconcilliation initiated by the international community ?
If he makes hate speeches, Can he be prosecuted as per the constitution of the respective countries and the international laws ?
Is he going to have secret meetings with dual citizenship holders who were holding higher positions in the MR regime ?
Is he going to appeal to the Sinhalese Diaspora to be patriotic to SL and return to SL for good ?
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dan / October 23, 2015
Ranil is interfering with the law. I think he should be sent to jail for 2 years along with Beerawansa
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Oma Yang / October 23, 2015
Lock him in with his DPL Wife and throw the keys away!
Why does he have to go abroad to lecture to other countries what the present government is doing. Would he have done this if his disposed God MR was in power. Gone on trips to speak about the oppression and looming dictatorship?
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jen / October 23, 2015
The terrorism of Mahinda Era still continues.
He should be arrested forgery of passport…
The most important thing is he should be arrested for Public Disorderly and put in jail
Then only these hooligans will learn . They always though that they were above the Law….or the untouchable Class…..
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Ahmed / October 23, 2015
He most be arrested. RW double standard, it is clear now who is holding CRIMINAL N BRIBERY inquiries it is RW. Definitely Wimal will lecturer twisted stories in forieng land about this drama. What the hell Yahapalanaya!!!! My3 n RW fooling decent votes!!!
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Suru / October 23, 2015
At least now we have a PM who intervenes only. The previous regime would have turned their guns and charged the officials with murder.
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Saman / October 23, 2015
Unfortunately all criminals are protected by this government.
Sham……Shame…..Shame
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rohan polwatte / October 23, 2015
“I recently lost my passport and in place of that obtained a new one. Later I found my lost passport and had mistakenly sent it to stamp the visa. However in this period I also lost the passport I had newly obtained”
This clearly shows this guy is in to something mischief. Will a responsible person behave like this? Everything with this idiot and his wife is about illegal diplomatic passports and lost passports.
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Kalu Nangi / October 23, 2015
This is how the ‘high and mighty’ have been traveling around and opening bank accounts abroad to horde their ill gotten wealth. Knowing that the CID is hot on the heels of the “plunderers of wealth”, Weerawansa’s trip may have been to transfer his black money to other secret accounts.
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Sama / October 23, 2015
If Wimal Buruwanse belongs to High And Mighty- even the dogs of Ranil should be given that status.
Wimal Buurwanse is a problem to lanken folks for the last few years. He should be removed from association with normal folks – if we at all make efforts to sustainable solution to lanken minority problems.
This man has no knoweldge about anyhting but to turn the mind sets of the guilliable people- is a curse to this nation. Better to put the bugger im prison for all the rest of his life – allowing peace loving folks to fractions to allow work on that.
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DPJ / October 23, 2015
Listen folks, the pseudo patriot is going to imperial UK and France to lecture whom and that mind you in the 1st Class. I doubt whether there would be anyone in UK or France to finance him to travel 1st Class. I do know folks that Prime Minister Mrs. Bandaranaike traveled Economy Class in the 1970s on official duties. Here is Berawaya traveling 1st class with his looted monies when in the Government helped by that biggest crook MARA.In the late 1950s his father had to travel barefooted even as a dancing teacher.
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jaraapassa / October 25, 2015
“In the late 1950s his father had to travel barefooted even as a dancing teacher”
Aney! Buruwanseyta giya kala!
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EDWIN RODRIGO / October 23, 2015
Ranil is right. If I were Ranil I would do exactly the same thing. Let this piece of dirty scum go anywhere he wants, using however many passports as he has and stay there as long he likes. At least, the air we breath will be cleaner.
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s.dayal / October 23, 2015
whatever your good intentions, you are spoiling your name by trying to help this kind of people. what is the difference between you and MR?
it is not worth helping this man Weerawansa. any time he will throw mud on you as he does not have any principles.people suspect that you are not genuine to the people who voted for you.may be you would like to be grateful.
-s.dayal
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Upul / October 23, 2015
Are there really illiterates who invite this character to anything, let alone paying for his first class ticket?
And, what is the point of Ranil playing ‘good cop’. If the laws were violated, the penalty must be endured. Will Ranil call if I was at the airport with an expired passport. Hell no!
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EDWIN RODRIGO / October 23, 2015
True. But you are someone we want to have with us while the other is scum we want to get rid of without committing any crime.
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Kumar R. / October 23, 2015
“Leader of the House, Minister Lakshman Kirielle informed parliament earlier that MP Wimal Weerawansa who was detained at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) by the CID has been allowed to leave the country after Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe facilitated the legal clearance of Weerawansa’s passport.”
Ranil – you owe an explanation to those who voted for you on this. Why did you not allow the Immigration officer and CID to make a decision on this?
Wimal was not going on an official mission for you or for the Government. As he clearly admitted he was going on an invitation by private organizations abroad.
Why did you see the need for a higher-level administrative intervention by no-less-than the Prime Minister himself? Is this the way you will do your administrative duties going forward – interfering with the duties of other senior administrative officers willy-nilly at your will, and not allow them to carry on with the details of their duties, that they are better trained for and more acquainted with than you are?
Please justify your action if you have any respect for the trust we have placed on you.
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Douglas / October 23, 2015
“HE” the “Giant Of A Patriot” was brought before Negambo courts and “Bailed Out”. I saw him walking out in smile in the company of the most “Eminent Lawyer” in the BAR of all times, Mr. Namal Rajapakse. So let us wait and see what the outcome would be. Hopefully, now that we have an Independent Police Commission in place, plus the Judiciary will act in the most judicious way and send out a strong signal to all concerned – THE LAW OF THE COUNTRY WILL NOT BE ALLOWED OR MADE AN “ASS”
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Tassimo / October 23, 2015
First class ticket for a man who hadn’t even got Olevels? Class Y is economy. This shows Class I. What is that?
And he’s only an opposition MP, WHY the goddamned hell does he have a diplomatic passport?
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The Rogue Ayer / October 23, 2015
Tassimo,
“WHY the goddamned hell does he have a diplomatic passport?”
I believe that all MPs, their spouses and young children (under 21?) have the right to have a diplomatic passport.
Even the wife of WW should be able to receive a new diplomatic passport if she manages to provide correct documentation and has not been black listed.
How many passports and NICs have WW and his wife been issued during the last years?
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Diplomat / October 23, 2015
This guy seems to be loosing passports at a rate that is considered an important personal document. He also had problems with his NIC. It appears that he is loosing his mental capacity as well. No wonder he was loosing public money in the ministries he was responsible for in the last government.
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Sama / October 23, 2015
He is loosing his passport as no other would face it. Can you imagine, his arguments on the issue – if he cant be exemplary with that most valuable documents for the identity, how can this bugger ever be able to be exemplempary as a politician ?
This proves his civilized nature. By hook or crook he is making every effort to win things ? THat he could in MR world, but being unable to be successful with that today – he is so malicious.
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The Rogue Ayer / October 23, 2015
“The Immigration officers told me that if I can get a new passport I could travel with the Visa stamped in my old passport. So I went to Immigration and Emigration office in Colombo and obtained a new passport and came back to BIA with the old and the new one in possession”
Looks like we have a really fast service to issue diplomatic passports for MPs. Was not WW charged with fraud 2 days ago?
There is a fine for loosing passports. Hope that WW has paid it.
Ranil should have avoided helping WW.
Thanks for the CID and Dept of Immigration and Emigration for having stopped WW. At the same time WW might have emigrated permanently and we would be better off without him.
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Ady / October 23, 2015
No one is above the law. If anyone should not have the relevant documents in order and if they misbehave and try to use their Positions that the people voted them into, they need to be dealt with just like you and I would be dealt with. This is not negotiable. What rubbish is this????. Who does Ranil think he Is?. This is not your little club house, Ranil!!!. You may think your the boss but come next election you won’t be shone any mercy. So wise the @&$# up!!!!
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