By S. Sivathasan –
S.Sivathasan
The interview given by Muralidaran to Channel 4, has rustled many a feather. Words apart, is the ease with which he has fallen a victim to the orchestration of the powers that be. Without remorse a whole community has been slandered as being without sense or any sensibility. This has earned him the wrath of everyone, severely affected by the government onslaught, not for days or months or years but for decades.
Having accompanied the UK Prime Minister and being in Jaffna for a few hours, he ventures to set aside all the considered representations of the most responsible spokesmen of the Tamil Community. Who were they? The Chief Minister and political leaders. In one sweep he trashes the agonizing words of the grief stricken mothers and says “these people also can mislead things”. What does Miller say? “Women pleading about the whereabouts of their loved ones, who are still missing”. Miller sees “The distress of these women crying. The unresolved disappearance of their loved ones”. Murali queries nonchalantly “Because of 20 0r 30 mothers crying to me, that means that is the truth”?
So much has he got tethered to the government, he treats the British Prime Minister as trifle. Tell him anything and he will believe. Muralidaran was telling reporters so, says Miller. When pressed he says yes, he was misled. Can a credulous charlatan ever go near Downing Street? He also suggests “anything could happen. So we also doesn’t know the answers”. If it is unknowable, why talk?
The following is a transcript of excerpts from an interview that Jon Snow of Channel 4 had with Muthiah Muralidaran.
Prelude
Prime Minister David Cameron visits the Colombo Cricket Club. After a few doosras by Murali, Cameron, Miller and Murali walk into a group of boys and girls, purported to be players. Miller says, these young cricketers are drawn from across Sri Lanka. Then he identifies one row seated in pre- arranged order by ethnicity and religion. What we have here – Tamil, Sinhala, Sinhala, Tamil, Sinhala, Muslim (a girl), Tamil, Tamil! Murali affirms
Interview
Jon Snow ( JS) Muralidaran had a few things to say about current issues. He was telling reporters that Mr. Cameron was being misled about the condition of Tamils living in the North. …..
JS He (Muralidaran) says that David Cameron is being misled. I went to talk to him further. Muralidaran was in Jaffna with Mr. Cameron. We were besieged by women with letters, pleading about the whereabouts of their loved ones, who are still missing. You think Mr. Cameron was misled?
MM War is a two side battle. Anything could happen. So we also doesn’t know the answers for that. Something nobody will find out. Mothers they coming and crying to you.
JS You think he was misled?
MM What do you mean he was misled?
JS that is what you felt
MM YES IT IS MISLED. (MM’s emphasis by raising his eyebrows and tone)
MM He never came to Jaffna. He never came to Sri Lanka. I don’t know because whether he has come in his younger days. He never came to. He is being told by other people what is happening and what is happening and that is why he wants to go and see Jaffna. Because of twenty thirty mothers coming crying to me, that means that is the truth? You don’t know. Because these people also can mislead things. So it is the truth, very difficult to find. ….
In conclusion Muralidaran said why should we think of the past. Let us talk about the future. He alluded to the loss he suffered in 1977 and how he was able to rebuild.
This statement too has caused ripples. One person’s loss can never match a community’s. A day’s suffering and decades old are not comparable. Collective memory is not erased with the same ease as that of an individual.
Farmers and Cricketers
DS Senanayake, the first Prime Minister of Ceylon was known for his cunning ways. In the late forties he wanted to take Lord Soulbury, the Governor General for a right royal ride. He wanted to impress upon him, how learned even the country’s farmers were. So he took the GG for a drive from Colombo to Kandy, in the same vehicle. At Kegalle as per prior arrangement, the car stopped at the appointed spot. DS clapped his hands and beckoned a farmer tilling his field and clothed in mud to come. He came and DS said GG would like to speak to you. You can speak in Sinhala and I will translate. The farmer said he knew English and spoke to him in fluent English about his genealogy and relatives. GG was greatly impressed. The ‘farmer’ was Sir Edwin Wijeyaratne.
For a nation nurtured in such a culture, composing a purpose built, multi ethnic cricket team comes all too naturally.
Percy Jilmart / November 20, 2013
http://www.col3negnews.com/2013/11/muralis-brother-fined-rs-15m.html
This is how MR bought over Muralidaran. Everybody has a price.
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James Ingham / November 20, 2013
Great Scott, so Rs15 million was Murali’s price?
How does Murali know what Jaffna was like earlier nor about its people? Murali is from Kandy. I started my education at Sinhala Maha Vidyalaya Jaffna and I can tell everyone that Jaffna was one of the most beautiful places to live with interesting places to visit and most hospitable and cultured people to live among.
Murali’s analysis that Cameron was misled because only 30 Tamil mothers complaint about their loved ones gone missing just goes to show Murali has not learnt the rules of the game even though he has played the gentleman’s game; even the killing of one innocent person is murder and needs to be investigated. Just as much as ICC wanted to investigate you, the only alleged ‘chucker’.
I respected this man until I realised he harboured the same indifference to the innocent and suffering to just prop-up the image of an abominable, evil ruler who probably has or now will save his brother the Rs15 million fine.
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Thiru / November 20, 2013
Murali is a bought and kept shill like Sharma: He is echoing his master’s voice. This is the sure way to lose his integrity and destroy his reputation.
He is a traitor to Tamils like like several others who sold their souls to MaRa junta for power, positions, and money..
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Banda / November 20, 2013
Unlike you two and those who had been backing LTTE, Murally is genuine Sri Lankan. I am not surprised, for you lot, anyone who do not oppose MR is a bought over.
Murali may not have know ‘makkal padai’. Otherwise he should have asked Cameron whether he had inquired how many of those in the images were ‘makkal padai’.
‘Makkal padai’ is the dad’s army of LTTE. Those who join ‘makkal padai’ had not become LTTE cadres, and therefore wore no cyanide necklaces or camouflage. But old men and women who joined ‘makkal padai’ were trained to aim and fire a gun. In the last days of the war ‘makkal padai’ were used as forward sentries. You can imagine what would have happened to them. Does cameron know this?
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I am no muslim / November 20, 2013
Were you a makkal padai, or do you have any relation who was a makkal padai and gone missing in the last few months of the war, Mr. S.Sivathasan?
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Native Vedda / November 21, 2013
Banda
Have you done your home work?
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Rajash / November 21, 2013
when a famous Tamil bat for Mahinda he is genuine Sri Lankan and not under Mahinda’s charm
when a Tamil mother/wife/sister ask what happened to her son/husband/brother they need to forget the past and move forward if not they are LTTE rump
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Banda / November 21, 2013
Cameron should have visited and inquired from ex-minister Mahinda Wijesekera how he became an invalid and eight other people were killed and numerous others were maimed at an inauguration of a mosque in a village deep in the south of the country but in the last few months of the war.
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JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA / November 21, 2013
Dalu Banda;
REMEMBER!!!!!!!!
Year 1 Class room, Visited by F KING Dahja Jarapassa;
Why the interval bell rang before 5 minuets??
Where is Amara?.
What happened to him.
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Spring Koha / November 20, 2013
Dearie Me,
Like you James, I too had much admiration for Murali, a truly mesmerising cricketer, but breathtaking insensitivity when it comes to current matters. Truly sad when a man is misled by his own naivety.
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Palayang yako! / November 29, 2013
Spring Koha:
This “Estate Tamil” was in no way “misled”. He is a cheap shill and that stupid grin permanently on his face covers a simple, unprincipled b…d who certainly belongs in the MR camp. He has all the qualifications and is only now beginning to display them.
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R Jayadevan / November 21, 2013
David Cameron should have played with Kumar Sangakara than Muththia Muralitharan. Muralitharan is aiming for a parliamentary seat. He is so detached from the issues and playing an apologetic role to maintain his popularity in the South. Being a Tamil, when did Murali shed a drop of tears for the Tamils?
He never participated in any political debates and have suddenly emerged to buttress the govt to strengthen his financial future that depends on blatantly propping up the government’s mission.
No wonder he his known as an expert in googlies and with his retirement he is turning his skills to play dirty political googlies. He will be relegated to the abysmal status if he is not fair in his judgement that hurts the feelings of his brethrens and he is selling himself for petty benefits from the government.
He has joined the club of distasteful sons and hope he will not progress to reach the stage of joining the very repugnant club that survive on espousing the failures of Sri Lanka.
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Did you for get the “cobra”, “scorpion” treatment by Castro in Vanni?
Did you or your Eelam morons ever talk for the Estate Tamils?
Murali is from estates and not from any smuggler community as you!
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R Jayadevan / November 22, 2013
N Sivananthan (Hope it is your right name)
What has ‘Cobra’ and ‘scorpion’ got to do with my comments.
Please read my write ups and comments in my media discussions about our brethrens living in the up country before making your absurd charge.
I did not brand Murali like you have called him an estate Tamil. Neither I come from a smuggler community. I was born in the up-country and interacted well in that part of Sri Lanka. In the 1977 anti-Tamils troubles experienced the wrath of the majority hate. I saw the sufferings of the Tamils living the upcountry I had to seek refuge at the St Sylvester refugee camp where I lived with my bretherens and helped them throughout my stay.
You have not responded to any of the issues I have raised. For your information, I was contacted by a friend of mine to find a marriage partner for Murali before his marriage.
I hope Murali will think and respond to issues without causing any more hurts for the Tamils and sully his good name further.
I do not mind someone being critical but types like you are the petty scums who cannot rationalise the issues sensibly.
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
But you dont tell the “cobra”, “scorpion” treatment by Castro.
First you come out with it!
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R Jayadevan / November 22, 2013
It is clearly you Dirty in M Sivananthan name. You have nothing else in this earth to do. When you get caught you find another name to grind the axe. It appears you have no other preoccupation after propagating the dead cause and running Dirty websites putting up doctored nude photos.
There is plenty of cobras and scorpions in your rotten head. Please go and get them removed.
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
Jeyadevan:
I know you. You ware an LTTE propagandist till you got the COBRA SCORPION treatment by Castro in a Vanni bunker. British intervention freed you.
Now you are naked and have nothing in your mud head. But your brother is sensible in many issues.
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R Jayadevan / November 22, 2013
You dirty minded Dirthy Sethu you can only live in anonymity. You cannot take cover for long and is caught every time you attempt to snipe from hiding.
Gon Silva has rightly responded to you. How about your astrologer dad who was predicting the auspicious times to bomb and strafe for the air force. And then your Geneva venture……. and so on and so forth……..
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M.Sivananthan / November 23, 2013
Jeyadevan:
You are an uneducated donkey and bush whacker now. For LTTE you may be a genius because Prabhakaran was a grade 7 drop out. Thamil Selvan, the political commissar of LTTE was a saloon sweeper and a grade two drop out.
You may think you are an intellectual but you are lacking many moral issues.
I still expect you to explain why you were chased out by LTTE and got the bunker treatment at the hands of Castro.
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Native Vedda / November 23, 2013
M.Sivananthan & R Jayadevan
This not the dining room could you both take your family dispute somewhere else.
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R Jayadevan / November 23, 2013
Native Vedda
An another gutless commenter making judgements in anonymity.
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Gon Silva / November 22, 2013
Slave Sivananthan
Put the cobra & scorpion inside your sarong and then dance in front of your Masters (Douglas Devananda & Mahinda Rajapakshe).
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M.Sivananthan / November 23, 2013
Who is Silva? I hope he must be your father and worked in a Jaffna bakery.
Jeyadevan got all cobra and scorpion inside his sarong. Ask him the taste of the LTTE goons! I dont know whether Jeyadevan danced in front of Prabhakaran.
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R Jayadevan / November 23, 2013
M Sivananthan
You are not the Dirty Sethu and indeed the Douglas Devananda’s Mahataya in Canada. In fact you are not different to Dirty Sethu. Your Cobra and scorpion experience in the paramilitary crusade speaks well of your derailing mindset. This is part of the tragedy that inflicted on the Tamil people. You should be ashamed of yourself for entering into this unwanted provocations. I hope you will find some sanity soon to redeem yourself from your unwanted self destructive hate mission.
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M.Sivananthan / November 24, 2013
You were the propagandist for the LTTE morons and praised them when ever they kill Tamil people.
You are not changed but you try to play the same old music of LTTE morons.
What kind of sanity you are looking for? You worked for LTTE criminals and talking about sanity. But you try to play your dirty LTTE cards even after the cobra treatment of Castro.
If you have any decency, tell the readers how you were treated by LTTE in Vanni!
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Lanka liar / November 29, 2013
That is Mokan’s job given by his master Doglas
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Lanka liar / November 29, 2013
Mokkan do you know what estate is?
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Raja / November 20, 2013
Sri Lankan cricketing legend Muttiah Muralitharan said today that Channel 4 had lost its credibility in his eyes due to airing an edited clip of an interview which distorted the context he spoke in.
“It was unethical for them to edit three minutes of a 45 minute interview and air it. Channel 4 lost all credibility in my eyes” he told.
When questioned as to if the journalists assured him of airing the entire interview prior to agreeing on the interview, he replied in the affirmative.
“Yes that’s what they said and they promised that they would carry everything. I was not the one who wanted to be interviewed. They are the ones who wanted it badly. If they published the entire interview that would be the right thing to do and if they were to edit what I said they should have told me. I would have accepted it if they told me, but they did not and I think that was very unethical” he said
YES ONE WONDERS WHO REALLY HAS TAKEN THE MONEY AND NOW ON THE ATTACK BECAUSE A TRUE GENTLEMEN HAS SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE EELAM PROPAGANDA MACHINE.. YOU JUST HAVE TO SEE GUTTER SITES LIKE CMB TELEGRAPH.. NOT EVEN PUBLICISED THIS MANS CHARITY WORK. TODAY THEY CALL HIM A PAID STOOGE.. WELL THEY WOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT WOULDN’T THEY THESE EELAMIST..MAYBE THAT GREAT HUMANITARIAN Adele Balasingham IS THE ONE WHO IS PAYING THE BILL SORRY THE DONATION TO ATTACK MURALI. BECAUSE HER HEART BLEEDS FRO THE TAMIL CHILDREN WHO MURALI IS HELPING
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Real Peace / November 20, 2013
I am deeply disappointed, disgusted and hurt by Murali’s conduct.
Murali could have simply said to Jon Snow “I do want to make any comments on this issue” in good English!
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john / November 21, 2013
….a disgrace to your Almar Mater who nurtured you in integrity. I’m sad at the commments in this blog which have suddenly gone against you – like someone else has said here, you could have honourably made an exit without ‘putting your foot in’ and hurting the sentiments of those who suffered pre/post 2009.
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mike / November 20, 2013
Money talks ($$$$$) and Murali spoke on behalf of Hitlerpaksha?? Very soon he will become a Minister in our rogue’s cabinet.
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Max Silva / November 20, 2013
My word,this Murali character did it for Rs15M.US$12000.Surely this guy is absolutely broke.Then the other bloke,James Packer is also broke.These people have no status.But our David doesn’t do it for money or for his political survival.What i would suggest is that lets beat the shit out of Murali.A bloody traitor!But if David tries a shrewd stunt,we always have Chan Chin Chun!If everything fails,never give up hope.We always have Karu J,Nimalka,Paki,Britto,Wickramabahu,Paki,CBK,Mangi,DEshapriya,Laksiri,Brian,and also what not pot.If everything fails,MAX SILVA is always there.My only wish is to see that my dream of Ealam is realized.I will be the king of Ealam.I will beat the living day lights of the Sinhalese including Tamils(i.e Murali)who do it for money.Max silva is the president of Ealam.
A BLOODY SET OF WORLD CLASS DREAMERS,THE DEFEATED TAMIL TERRORISTS.Well,i got to go to the bathroom.Know why?My ISSPRIYA!Ha ha ha!Keep on trying!But never trust David or Chan Chin Chun!Trust Max Silva,a genuine guy.Max Silva will realize the Tamil PIPE DREAM!Ha ha ha!Hek hek hek!A bloody set of carnival clowns!
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MrRetort / November 20, 2013
Yes he would broke and broken from all his avenues using and abusing the state power if Murali’s does not hold the pandama. We are very sad but no one can help him now. These B—–ds would leave any peace with the whole family. That is the real problem with Murali. Please don’t curse this helpless poor fellow
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Katmai / November 20, 2013
Your attempt at sarcasm is a missarable failure. This is like watching a donkey trying to sing. hee-haw hee-haw hee-haw.
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kabi / November 20, 2013
Your math is great!!! LKR15M = USD12,000 or 120,000???
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JULAMPITIYE AMARAYA / November 21, 2013
Criminal Carnival is Over, It was held 15th to 18th in Hambathota with their Goons and
25 odd pacific island Fishermen, and African Hunter gatherers attended.
Wait for the post carnival 2014 Budget carnival.
Jarapassa’s Fleas know, they will get all the bones and Trash their bosses throw.
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Sunil Perera / November 20, 2013
Dear Murali,
You betrayed your people for MR’s 15 Million rupees, the same way Judas betrayed Jesus Christ for 40 Shillings.
Remember how MR betrayed VP giving 200 million rupees who forced Nothern tamil people not to vote during 2005 Presidential elections.
If they would have voted, today UNP would have been in power. Also you should know what happened to Tsunami poor peoples donated millions of rupees.
You should know what happened to Gen.Sarath Fonseka who liberated our country. What happened to CJ Dr.Shirani Bandaranayke who is the most honourable CJ we had. What happened to Lasantha Wickrematunge and Prageet Ekneligoda and over 200 other journalists, human right activists and people who are looking for justice.
You say it was 20 to 30 mothers who were crying in North for their loved ones. Where did you see 20 or 30. We saw there were over 400 to 500 mothers and sisters with genuine emotions crying for their disappeared loved ones and fighting against supressive Police force who were trying to silence them.
Murali….You say Forgive and forget, but don’t you see 4 years after end of the war there’s still White van abductions, burning printing press for the 23 times and murder 6 employes there, people are still been kept like animals in mud and tin houses 4 years after the war with no means to survive etc, etc.
Murali……we know that this whole drama of David Cameron meeting you was a MR setup. This was MR’s pre planned drama like others to show to the world and this time he used you.
Murali….you betrayed your own people for MR Blood money. You know that still 4 years after end of the war, MR still murder his opponents who talk truth and justice and make them disappear.
Murali….please apologize to your own people for betraying them who are been still suppressed by MR dictator regime. It is not only Tamils but even the Sinhalese voices that MR make silent.
Murali…..one day the truth will come out and you will witness it then and you will be regretting for not standing up for the oppressed and suppressed people. Why don’t you go to Jaffna and talk to these people yourself to know the truth.
Murali…..please let us know if your brother was acquitted by MR from paying the 15 million rupee fine for bringing illicit ethenol to Sri Lanka, because you lied to Channel 4. This is his prize money for you, like he buy other MP’s and other people. He paid 150 million US Dollars to buy Uganda’s one UN vote while people are starving in Sri Lanka.
Murali…….because of you kind of people MR will still keep on murdering people who are looking for justice, human rights and democrazy.
Murali……please answer to my above questions……as only truth will set you free.
God Bless you.
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ruwan / November 21, 2013
right on Sunil ! But, I believe Murali is a Lost Cause !
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
So you confirm the EELAM war is for the money only and fake and not for the TAMIL people. LTTE and Prabhakaran betrayed Tamils. Did LTTE used the same money to build luxury condos in Colombo?
Your story confirms Mahinda is right in destroying LTTE because they used the Tamils for cash.
Further those mothers are of LTTE and they let their children with LTTE. They did not vanish but ran away with looted cash.
More than 1500 people perished in the sea when they tried to reach Australia on fishing boats. Check the names. Hundreds of LTTE criminals are hiding in Tamil nadu.
Murali’s brother paid the fine. The matter is over there. That is the way the customs works.
Murali cannot be wrong in any way.
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Lanka liar / November 29, 2013
Mokkan dont worry about your foolishness not everybody can think properly. As long as you serve your godfather Doglas it is fine. Thinking is pretty difficult for you. Hope you will get better soon.
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Robius / November 25, 2013
you’re absolutely right Sunil.
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Gon Silva / November 21, 2013
Now that he is not getting any income via cricket, he has found another source to fill his pocket. So he is going to dance to the war criminal’s tune. By prostituting his position he is only denigrating his achievement.
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
So, the people voted for UPFA also dancing for cash?
Dont be a stupid!
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Gon Silva / November 22, 2013
Modaya,
Who told you Murali voted to UPFA???
He is jobless now and looking for ways and means to fill his pocket. You bugger, a Rajapakshe Slave obviously has no brains but only a rotten mouth. Nickang palayoung Modaya go and lick your masters slippers.
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M.Sivananthan / November 23, 2013
Now you and other LTTE dollar collectors are jobless.
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Rohan / November 21, 2013
Poor Murali, he gave an interview to a local media outlet for 12 minutes. In that he said Channel 4 heavily edited his interview. I heard the the Channel 4 interview and this one. It was awful in the Channel 4 interview when he said “these people also can mislead” and “Because of 20 o0r 30 mothers crying to me, that means that is the truth”. People disappeared in North and East heavily and also in the West. These are not militants, but many were normal public. But his excuse now is that Channel 4 edited his interview heavily. It was loud and clear what he said in the unedited portion. Now, he should go back and listen to his interview here. This interview itself should have been heavily edited from the 12 something minutes to save Murali from embarrassment to save time for the listeners as he repeated the same thing many times and laboured through minor points. I think he wants to get some genuine advice on both what to say and on media interviews. There is a saying that ‘don’t keep digging if you are stuck in a hole.’ Hope he understand. By the way, the local outlet titled that interviewMurali bowls doosra at Channel 4′. But, it was not a doosra from Murali, it is a mere hitwicket!
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DeSelva / November 21, 2013
I watched the 12 minute interview unfortunately he failed to apologise for his insensitive remark about ” 20 to 30 mothers it is misled”
The interviewer was suggesting that it was a insensitive remark…but Murali failed to get the hint, he could have grasped that lead and apologise.
Further the 12 minute interview seems like a day long interview, Murali repeating over and over again.
So C4 edited out the 45 minute “chat” as Murali call it and compressed it to 3 minutes to relay the essence and salient points of what Murali said in his 45 minute chat.
Murali was an international player and he has given interviews all over the world. He hould know better than any one else that long interviews are edited out withotu compromising the message.
Sorry Murali, please stick to cricket, you are not astute enough or articulative to get in to politics or to be the mouth piece of the regime
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
People of North voted for Gen.Sarath Fonseka who was then the army commander. Why dont they ask their “missing” people from Fonseka?
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Lanka Liar / November 22, 2013
Mokan They only ask the people in power. Like how you get your fees. The current government pays it isn’t it. Not the previous government. IU hear they have reduced your rate. Any idea
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M.Sivananthan / November 23, 2013
But the Tamil fools voted him. How is that? Did the Tamils forget their missing people when vote for Fonseka?
Fonseka was directly involved in the case of missing people and not Rajapakses. So, Mokkan dont bark at the moon!
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Prasad / November 21, 2013
Kumar Sangakara should have been playing cricket with David Cameron and not Muththia Muralitharan. This is all arranged by the government because Murali is a ‘Tamil’. They have brain washed Murali to speak nonsense. It is not Cameron but Murali who is being mislead.
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Lanka Liar / November 22, 2013
There is nothing to wash. He was paid. Now no income. NO BALL.
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Madayan Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Why Murali has to play for MR team:
First and second suspects have been fined Rs. 15,000,000 while the rest of the suspects were fined Rs. 1,250,000.
The particular containers were seized by the Customs officers on March 8th this year when they were departing from the harbor and discovered that the containers contained 61500 L of Ethanol.
However, the former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan’s brother Muttiah Sasidharan has submitted a motion at the court and paying of his fine has been delayed until the judgment is passed on it.
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
So, the Rajapakse government is working well. The customs did not allow any thing free.
So, what is your point here modaya?
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Lanka Liar / November 22, 2013
Is Mokkan and Madayan are brothers.
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Liberal One / November 20, 2013
He is a Sri Lankan who is prepared to leave the past and embrace the future. The eelamists who are hell bent on destroying another generation of Sri Lankans does not understand it, so naturally they brand all others as misled.
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Rajash / November 20, 2013
unfortunately the Sinhala racist here also dont want to leave the past and embrace the future.
They want rewrite the past for thier own future
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Liberal One / November 20, 2013
Sadly no. Who are swearing revenge for a war that has been ended 4 years ago? who are asking for an international intervention? anti-eelamists or eelamists?
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Rajash / November 21, 2013
Sadly yes
Mahinda conviniently was out of the country and he just happened to land in Colombo the very day the so called war against terrorism was won. if it took another two more days I am sure he would have found some thing else to do in a foreign country.
and his first statement there is no minorities in this country any more
meaning (a) all are sri lankans are equal or
(b)minorites will be wiped out now that the powerful LTTE is not there to retaliate
what he meant was (b)
land in Colombo kiss
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Anehabatamamehemathnataka / November 20, 2013
Be fair man, be it a tamil, sinhala, burgher or muslim or other minority communities, proper investigation of crimes of civilians be it on northern, southern or any other areas, should be essentially done in order to heal the wounds. Proper investigation ( independently held), is a must.
If the rulers as they superficially insist, they are that clean with those accusation, why to be worried of INDEPENDENT WAR CRIME INVESTIGATIONS.
As it is the case, they think allowing Calum to enter the country, according to them is becuase they dont have anything to hide,
the very same argument should be applied to OPEN WAR crime investigation to release both parties.
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Liberal One / November 20, 2013
So what kind independence are you implying? A foreign one? Why should we open our country for foreign interventions? Do you think Sri Lankans are not capable enough? How did it go the last time we listened to these eelamists and the international community and allowed Indians to meddle in our affairs? Does every country that ends a war allow international war crimes probes? So where are the probes against UK for bombing German cities, US for nuking Japan, invading Vietnam and Iraq? Where are the ones against Russia? Do you ever ponder why these powerful nations never allow foreigners to meddle in their affairs?
An international war crimes probe means the country getting destabilized again and that means a lagging economy. Would any serious investor invest in a country that is been probed internationally for war crimes, will a tourist visit such a country, will any Sri Lankan expatriate move back to Sri Lanka with an unpredictable future? A destabilized Sri Lanka means each and every Sri Lankan suffering more for another decade. Don’t we have a right to pursue our dreams like people in other countries?
That is why any probe should be a local one. Probing only the last few months by some foreigners and dragging those who won into an international court is not justice, it is certainly not reconciliation. If there is any probe, it should stretch the entire 3 decades. Those who aided the tigers while living lavish lives in developed nations should also be probed for financing a war on a third world country. And don’t talk about healing as it is something Sri Lankans don’t want, it is the eelamists who are hell bent on rousing any healing wounds.
Don’t forget we never probed about the crackdown on JVP. The international community and you are strangely silent about any investigations on that period. We just wonder why?
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jansee / November 20, 2013
LiberalOne:
I wonder what would be the problem or who is stopping the SL regime from carrying out an investigation on the 30 years’ war? It can form PSC and Commissions, one after the other and your question should be directed at this regime. We also want to know the truth about the July 1983 riots, those murdered and vanished during the JVP insurrection, etc. Let the LTTE and the army be investigated also for their alleged abhorrent acts. The three main living LTTE guys are sleeping in the same bed as the regime and stop displaying your naivety by asking us this question. Have a meeting with MR and you have our blessings to ask the regime to conduct the investigation.
I am appalled by the ignorance that many of the Sinhalese commentators display. There are international covenants SL has signed to observe and when a non-signatory LTTE has been taken to task for its acts, what makes you people think that a signatory can evade compliance? Of course, there is an easy way out if you jokers haven’t thought of or considered-just leave the UN and its affiliated bodies. If you are a member, you don’t say you can murder more than 40,000 civilians and consistently failed to investigate credibly those alleged murders. The conduct of a war has encumbrances, especially those related to safeguarding civilian lives. While it is abundantly clear that the LTTE held civilians as human shield, the SL regime cannot use that as an excuse to bomb hospitals and indiscriminately fire and kill civilians after requesting them to go to the no-fire zones. Even those who surrendered have gone missing. And why an independent international investigation? Because the accused parties (SL regime and the LTTE) cannot investigate themselves. They are in the dock, so how can they be asked to investigate. If you still don’t understand how this works, ask any coffee-shop lawyer, he will explain to you.
No one wants to prolong this issue. Yes, I agree that everyone has the right to pursue his or her dreams. Would that include Tamils, too in your book? For four years the regime has been dragging its feet on giving a plausible explanation on those who surrendered but now have gone missing. The regime is evasive because it has summarily executed those who surrendered probably thinking that the matter will not surface but now is in a quandary as the truth has finally started knocking on its door and has since become angry and frustrated over the persistent calls for the inquiry. This matter could have long been over and everyone can get on with their lives but who is to blame for prolonging this and dragging the feet with no closure? It is going to be even more precarious in the future and unless a credible independent international investigation is allowed, no one is going to be at peace. The issue has become so internationalised, thanks to the regime which failed to “win the peace” and that fault lies with the regime.
I am not even going to be sorry in asking you whether your mother, wife, daughters or sisters were raped by the army guys. The Sinhalese soldiers raped and mutilated many of the women and even young girls. While I sincerely wish that none of your family members should be subjected to such shame, a thought evokes that you would not pose the question of “healing” if you do face such a situation. For heaven sake, these are also citizens of the country and what kind of a Buddhist culture you people practise going around raping helpless women? And expect us to meddle in your affairs for as long as it takes to get the culprits.
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Liberal One / November 21, 2013
Lol did a coffee shop lawyer taught you this? What kind of a moron would equate a democratically elected government and a gang of armed criminals that fought against the same country that fed them? The government is duty bound to disarm armed criminals, they did that and it is the duty of the government to probe crimes took place in the country, not of the international community. specially an international community that looked away when a third world country was suffering from decades of war, funded by citizens living in their own soil.
Yes, in my book a Tamil and a Sinhalese both should have the right to pursue their lives, not hindered by violent separatists or international interventions. Sadly the eelamists are blinded to this reality out of their hate. They don’t understand that every time they move to destabilize the country, tamils also suffer as a result. But then again they have aptly demonstrated that they care more about their eelam than human lives be it tamils or sinhalese.
About rapes you allege, come up with credible facts. I’m more than sure reasonable citizens of this country would not look away if they face with credible facts. I know it is hard to come up with facts after all these years but you have to understand that it is how the justice system works, you need facts first. What is interesting is most parts of North were under the armed criminals for the last few decades except Jaffna. How did the army manage to serial rape like you claim when Tamils were living in areas under the tigers?
Terrible things happen in war, eelamists should be blamed for starting this unwanted war and these eelamists should be stopped trying to ignite another war.
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jansee / November 21, 2013
Liberal One:
“What kind of a moron would equate a democratically elected government and a gang of armed criminals that fought against the same country that fed them?
Criminals are CRIMINALS. Of course, for duds like you, that is difficult to understand and digest. It is like one murderer claiming that only the right hand is bloodied and the other claims only the left hand is bloodied. As long as they are bloody murderers, that includes the SL regime, it should not even pretend to ascend to a high moral ground. It is in the dock now and whether you like it or not, and precisely for the reason you have cited, the SL regime ought to have observed covenants and standards, but instead behaved worst than a scoundrel and what accolades do you expect. You mean a democratically elected govt can commit crimes and get away with it? And when such a govt indulges in bloody criminal acts then it should be dragged by the collar to answer for those crimes, whether you like it or not. By the way, disarming criminals by a state has not been an issue but summarily executing those who surrender is a crime. Didn’t you ask your coffee shop lawyer on this?
You sound very pathetic when you sob at the suffering of a “third-world” country, which is largely self-inflicted. Today the SL regime is synonymous to a liar. I hope you are not one.
Oh yes, we have plenty of evidence of rapes. When these were happening, hospitals were bombed, civilians were reduced to heaps of rubbish, how many of you Sinhalese people who talk so much insisted on finding out what actually happened there. And why should we hand over this evidence to the very criminals implicated in the commission of these dastardly crimes? Only an independent international tribunal can evaluate and determine the truth. Surely you don’t expect us to hand over the bananas to the monkeys, do you.
How cosy you even dare to mention that eelamists started the war. The Tamils tried the passive way for their rights but thuggery, murders and rapes were the answer by this regime. Oh no, we are not going to start another war, that is pointless, but there are ways to get things done.
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
International conventions dont apply in the case of LTTE because they were the local criminals.
Mahinda did not wage a war with another country.
40,000 civilians. How did you know this number? Can you tell the number of LTTE criminals who were killed in the final stages?
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manisekaran / November 22, 2013
that is a myth for people of you sort think thatGeneva convention does not apply for anti-insurgency operation, but it well applies to it also.
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Lanka liar / November 29, 2013
Mokkan they don’t apply to you as well as you too are a local criminal.
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Anehabatamamehemathnataka / November 21, 2013
This question would not have been raised, if they reacted democratically – let alone in the post war scenarios, can we the masses HONESTLY say that MR administration is in compliance with some sort of democratic standards. Forget war crimes in nothern part, but can you as a lanken feel, that they the rulers today treat their citizenry equally ?
Why are the crimes that have been repeated by thugs, drug dealers, multi crime perpetrators (welathy businessman cum ministers) supported by ruling ministers directly or indirectly are NOT given proper investigations in compliance with prevailing laws in the country. Deraniyagala, Rathanapura, Kollonawa and Waragoda and many other places have today been areas that SILENT masses would never forget. As average would see, it, crimes related to murders are the most dangerous ones. But today, even if one would be killed by gunning down/ stabbing on broadday light, nothing like proper investigations are the case. People s fears have gone up to the levels that perhaps be not different to 89 insurgency days.
Alone the facts, that TANGALLE tourist murder to draw longer,what are the proper reasons. Why so called capable ones took 18 months to perform a DNA test (on the west or some other labs within srilanka would take not even 2 days to complete if the case is very complicated).
Those countries you mentioned should have held UN probes have atleast given their CITIZENRY due freedom in life (express themselves, democratic values, getting treated everyone equally).
This is the reason why some after their Uni education would deny to get back to the country today. Though loudly promises are being made, MR has FULLY forgotten the need of building nations properly understanding the basics. Re Enforcement of law and order is the foundation, that he would not even mention in his manipulative rhetorics.
So, cover lanken problems pointing the fingers at messengers is a silly thing while alerting on all undemocratic ways of ruling further. Ask any good lawyers (all lawyers cant be bribe greedy as reported by many) to come forward and explain the masses whether the way rulers handle issues are law bounded or far distance of the laws ?. Best exmp… not to forget.. as my child repeatedly raises me… impeachment process against CJ, Dr. SB. … i m not telling impeachment was a mistake, but that process the way how she was inhumanly attacked, how the former PRESIDENT has still been abusively attacked by them…. This is the ground REALITY, like or not.
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Prasad / November 20, 2013
Sinhala buffoons have a new god – Murali – Ha Ha Ha
First of all, Murali is an Indian Tamil, not an Eelam Tamil. Murali does not know anything about the North and East. How can he comment for the people of Jaffna?
Mano Ganeshan has said that Murali can boast about his Govt as much as he wants but to say that there is no disappearance is well below the belt. He must be regretting what he said because Cameron would have thought of him as a fool for what he said!
He is just a good baller – that’s about it!
BTW, what is South Africa PM doing in Colombo trying to convince Modapakshe to come out with the ‘Truth’ about War Crimes???
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Banda / November 20, 2013
Most of the so-called Eelam Tamils were the descendants of Tamils of Corremendar coast. the Dutch had brought them over to work on their tobacco cultivations. What more proof than to say your ‘sun goat’ Velu is also a third generation Indian. I am telling you that Velu’s grand father is a Malayali from POONTHALATHAZHAM (KOLLAM).
So, tell us the difference between Murali and Velu and his gang meaning ‘Jaffna Tamils’ that you refers. Many a NGOs like Redd Barna had paid and settled some Tamils from estates in Vanni in recent times. Are they Jaffna Tamils or what?
So, as far as I am concerned, Tamils are Tamils. Because, the Tamil that Murali speaks has the same alphabet as the so-called Eelam Tamils’ alphabet. All of them pray for same shiva-linga.
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Rajash / November 21, 2013
where did you Sinhala people come from?
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Native Vedda / November 21, 2013
Rajash
“where did you Sinhala people come from?”
A vast majority of them from Tamilnadu. That is one reason they stupid.
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manisekaran / November 21, 2013
I contradict you, only “nayake”s of Srilanka descended from South India.
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Native Vedda / November 21, 2013
Banda
Kallthoni descendant, should by now know Genetic studies have proven that vast majority of your stupid Sinhalese people enjoy close affinity to the stupid Tamilnadu Tamils.
Banda
you enjoy Saiva Kade Bonda, which alone proves you are closely related to your stupid Tamil brethren.
Have you finished reading on ancient irrigation technology?
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Gon Silva / November 21, 2013
Banda
“Most of the so-called Eelam Tamils were the descendants of Tamils of Corremendar coast. the Dutch had brought them over to work on their tobacco cultivations.”
Do you have any relaiable evidence/source to prove the above? Did you make this story up?
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Prasad / November 21, 2013
Banda
From the time of the Portuguese, who had a monopoly of trade in spices, they developed the cultivation of spices in Sri Lanka and established a lucrative trade. Cinnamon was the staple export (not tobacco). If not for cinnamon, the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British would not have taken such interest in this tiny island of Sri Lanka.
In the 16th century, the Portuguese colonized a large number of South Indians (mainly from Cochin in the Malabar coast/presently Kerala and from Tutucorin in the Coromandel Coast/presently Tamil Nadu) in the entire western coast of Sri Lanka from Mannar to Matara. Of course, those settled in Mannar remained as Tamils but all others got converted to Sinhala Buddhists and Sinhala Catholics and today their descendents (6th generation from the South) have become distinct, ‘North Indian Vijaya’s Lion-blooded Sinhala Aryans’, the Nationalist Patriots and guardians of Sinhala, Sri Lanka and Buddhism. If they had remained as Tamils, (without assimilating with the Sinhalese) today the Tamils would have been the majority in Sri Lanka or if they had assimilated with the Veddas instead of Sinhalese, today the Veddas would have been considerably a large population in Sri Lanka.
From the report of the Dutch writer Markus Vink:
“In 1661, 10,000 slaves (from South India) had been put to work by the company and by private individuals on the lands in South-western Ceylon, including 2,000 company slaves. In 1694, the city of Colombo alone had a slave population of 1,761.”
The Sinhalese population increased exponentially and became a majority in Sri Lanka only after these people brought by the Portuguese and the Dutch assimilated with the local Sinhalese population. Only those South Indians that the British brought in the 19th century AD and settled in the upcountry (including Murali’s grandparents) did not assimilate with the Sinhalese (even though they were highly discriminated by the Vellalar Tamils).
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Prasad / November 21, 2013
Banda
A Tamil weekly in India quoted a woman from Kerala state claiming that Prabhakaran’s father Veluppillai was born in Kannanoor in Kollam district in Kerela state and had gone to Sri Lanka at the age of 22. Thereafter a vicious campaign was on to describe Prabhakaran as a Malayalee with Kerala roots due to the allegation that Veluppillai was from Kollam.
There is nothing wrong in being of Malayalee descent because Sri Lanka and its people (Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims) have a very strong Malayalam influence. Malayalees by look have more resemblance to Sinhalese than Tamils. Even before the Europeans arrived, due to extreme caste discrimination in Kerala, many belonging to the lower caste, mainly people from Ezhava community, mass converted to Buddhism, migrated to Ceylon and assimilated with the Sinhalese. Migration to Sri Lanka from India throughout history was from both the Coromandel and Malabar coasts.
But in this case the truth was starkly different as Prabhakaran’s father was not born in Kannanoor but Valvettithurau. He belonged to a famous Tamil family residing in VVT for generations.
Veluppillai’s ancestors accumulated great wealth through commerce and trade and gained a reputation for philanthropy.
Veluppillai’s lineage is called the Thirumeniyaar family in VVT and are hereditary trustees of the famous Valvettithurai Sivan temple.
Prabhakaran’s paternal ancestors constructed the temple. The family is called the Esamaan kudumbam (master family) on account of their controlling the Sivan temple.
You Banda may be descending from those people whom the Portuguese/Dutch brought from Tamil Nadu 500 years ago and settled in the South to plant Cinnamon and Coconuts, but today after assimilating and becoming Sinhala-Buddhist you talk about 2500 years history in Sri Lanka as if you descend from the North Indian Vijay.
Similarly, even if Prabhakaran descends from a Malayali family, after assimilating and becoming a Sri Lankan Tamil, he has all the rights to not only become the leader of the Tamils of Eelam but also to talk about their 3000 years of history in Sri Lanka.
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Native Vedda / November 22, 2013
Prasad
I am bit thick therefore I ask you to bear with me.
Didn’t the Tamils know how to sail by ships from Tamilnadu to this island (which is only 20 miles from shore to shore) before the advent of Portuguese?
If they didn’t they were the most stupid people in the world. They claimed to have traded with Rome and China but never bothered to visit this island at least for holidays.
Manisekaran
Why weren’t your ancestors visiting this island although your people have sailed to Rome and China? Damn stupid Tamils.
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manisekaran / November 22, 2013
Historical facts very well put from time immemorial, tamils have been part of this island. example Naga community of this island
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Native Vedda / November 23, 2013
manisekaran
Please let me have some evidence.
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Anehabatamamehemathnataka / November 21, 2013
If you criticise the rulers – you are SUPPORTERS from TAMIL diasphoara (but i dont think TAMIL diasphora is living CHINA)
If as free journalists you raise questions representing the silent voices – they are dollar greedy NGOs … or ones work for IMPERIALISTS. OR neocons….. or anything related to this versions
Some in the ruling bunch have even shamelessly accused particular journalists of being sought asylum on the west, MAKING public statements as proofs based on eye witnesses (like to have met or seen in FRANCE or Belgium). Alone to make this kind of false statments by normal citizen on the west is a HIGHLY punishable acts, but those MPs like Mervin still are with President (what is the law in this regard ?). President nods his stupid head as a toy would do when asking about… :(
The victimised Eknaligoda family^s situation is not far from Baratha^s. They have been attacked EVEN after deliberately making them LIFE LONG VICTIMS. It is like injuring and trying to hurt the wounds further… WHERE IS THE JUSTICE FOR THESE CRIMES ?
If opposition would raise the same questions – Ranil and the senior UNPers are being abusively attacked (verbally or physically), perhaps by sending their RELIGIOUS FORCES of Rajapakshe (though not registered, but they are)as seen shortly before the CHOGM started.
If any common man would raise it – consequences are physical assaults to murder – for them DEYYO is the single source to help their grief.
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
More than 20,000 Tamils were vanished during the rule of LTTE. Why dont you check those numbers and people?
South Africa is now harboring prominent LTTE criminals and their families.
The LTTE woman who filed a case against Shavendra Silva is in South Africa.
Under what International law S/Africa help the LTTE morons?
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Gon Silva / November 22, 2013
This damn fool is sitting in Canada and asking S/Africa. First of all ask your own PM in Canada. Summa Pooda Modaya…
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Lanka liar / November 29, 2013
Mokkan Doglas has a stomach pain it seems what did you do to him? your God father
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jonybug / November 20, 2013
Mutiah was very right in saying that Cameron was misled. All these media including yourselves – Colombo Telegraph – where we’re you guys when the LTTE killed so many innocent people??? This is all Orchestrated by the Diaspora in EU and the west who have no fudging clue about the Tamil people in Sri Lanka. A country has ended a bloody war and eradicated terrorism from it’s soil. What more do you need? So stop blistering about it and try to help the affected. We ended a 30 year long civil war – It wasn’t a cricket match!! – there will definitely be allegations and claims. The British PM is Royally misled or deliberately making such statements to make his voters happy, as one cannot jump to conclusion based a day’s visit to a affected area. As if it’s not known to the world how the previous British PM joined the WMD band wagon with US and spelt Chaos with a capital C in Iraq. Go to hell!
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Javi / November 21, 2013
Hatred is a very underestimated emotion.
Patriotism is the incubator of wars.
Patriot the classic scoundrel.
War is the ultimate horror that man inflicts upon man.
Your nose! Picket. （’-’*)
All in the breed- Opportunity makes a thief. killer butterfly! ～゜k・_・k゜～
0:3
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Alex Nash / November 20, 2013
“Collective memory” is a delusion like God. The writer isn’t misled, he’s deranged.
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David Brumble / November 20, 2013
Unlike my friend who just posted a comment seated next to me, I can sympathize with the idea of collective memory but how is it different from the situation with the tsunami. This smells of politics, to be honest.
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Ajith / November 20, 2013
The strategy of Sinhala politics throughout the history of Sri Lanka is very clear.It is using the Tamils to divide the Tamils. He knows very well within a society where there are differences in economic, cultural status you can easily buy people buying throwing meat. This is what happened to Muttiah Muraleetharan and he is prepared to sell the rights of Tamils to Mahinda Rajapakse. I am sure he should have been assured a ministerial post and other financial benefits. Unfortunately Muttiah did not think about the consequences and how far he lost credibility and trust he had as a class sportsman by the people. It is not only Tamils who look him as “dirty animal” but also those Sinhalese who lost their loved onc’s and lost their rights under this murderous regime. He will be loved by only those racist Sinhala groups like BBS and Weerawanse. The whole world now look at him as a greedy creature.
We Tamils will never forgive him for what he did to the whole community even they forgive Mahinda Rajapakse.
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Anura / November 20, 2013
Ajith,
I think you are not correct saying you can’t forgive Murali..
You, me and Murali are all imperfect humans. Murali is gifted but still imperfect. .
We had issues in our our carriers too.
When Murali was in worst situations , his Sinhalese mates like Arjuna helped him.
Like lot of Tamils can’t forget ugly 1983, Murali’s memories of 1995 in Mrlbourne MCG where lot of people called him a cheater and then saved by Sinhalese could be cemented in his memories.
Anura
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Javi / November 21, 2013
“Sinhalese mates like Arjuna helped him.”
Oh the loku olu Arjuna who spoke of civilization as if his was any better.
After the chucking and later being released BBC sport told him off for he responded with a below the belt statement as of now when he was playing county.
He is not a Cassius Clay/Mahmud Ali but like Tyson no class just stinking new rich.
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Did you pass death sentence on him?
Did the Jaffna Tamils who are lead by smugglers, ever talked anything about the people in the Hills?
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Rajash / November 21, 2013
Did Murali ever care about Tamil women tea pluckers.
he may have dismissed it as 20 to 30 women!
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
Murali’s grand father fought against the Brits for the estate workers’ rights and deported.
His family has better history of fighting. You cry for the jaffna smugglers who fought nothing but they killed thousands of tamils for money!
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Rajash / November 22, 2013
poor guy lost both ways, did not get the right for the estate workers, and got deported?
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
He was a pride man fought for the rights but the Tamils who bark in support of the whites are boot lickers of the whites!
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Rajash / November 22, 2013
shame you were not around then to show him how to lick the boots of the likes of Rajapakses
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Gon Silva / November 22, 2013
Murali’s grand father fought against the Brits?????????
How come you imagine such stories? Nothing like that ever happened, you are a bladdy lier.
Btw, was your father the famous Jaffna smuggler???
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Madayan Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
The biggest smuggler and drug dealer who even sold children as slaves is your own God Dogless Devananda who is giving you your daily bread.
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Native Vedda / November 21, 2013
Madayan Sivananthan
By any chance Maweeran is related to you?
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Rohan / November 20, 2013
Guys… So, is everything that a person say is due to a “bought over” fact? Even if that is the case, it is an obvious understanding that there are plenty of Tamils out there who wishes to work with the Rajapakses. I don’t advocate his rule either. But, if you intend to be an independent media source, you need to respect the fact of Murali having the right of entitlement for his own opinion. Henceforth, this post is rubbish. Please respect his opinion. I would have respected this post if it comes as an opinion and not as an effort to run down a legend.
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PalmSquirrell / November 20, 2013
It is bought over or threatened because what Mutthiah says is patently false as the numerous reports, eyewitness testimonies are more than enough for any foreign observer to see that Mutthiah is full of s%^t.
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Anpu / November 20, 2013
You are contradicting!!. Why don’t you respect others opinion?
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PalmSquirrell / November 20, 2013
Why should one respect an opinion that is completely removed from the facts.
Are you telling me you respect every single opinion out there no matter how illogical and factually unsupported they may be? So If I told you that ancient Egypt was founded by Indians, would you respect this opinion or would you call it BS?
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Ajith / November 20, 2013
It is absolutely Muttiah Muralitharan has the right to air his own opinion or support the Mahinda regime. No one denies his opinion. In the same manner Mr Sivathasan has the right to write his opinion and his analysis of Muttiah’s interview with Channel 4 and those who commented on this subject. There is no doubt that he is a cricket legend but you don’t need to respect an opinion which has some consequences in a community.
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kabaragoya / November 20, 2013
muralitharan is not a man from the North or the East. He has escaped the ills that have befallen the estate Tamils. It is sad that he has weighed in on this matter when he never felt any pain. He is now married in Tamilnadu. One can only pity the man. If Cameron had not been in Jaffna, when had Muralitharan lived in Jaffna? We may speculate what made him engage in this justification of colossal killings of human beings. Maybe there are greater spin artists who conned him. But, he has not endeared himself to anyone but the Rajapakse family. When their fall comes, as it surely will, where will Muralitharan be? One can only have a deep pity for the man who has forgotten the sad plight of the Tamils who toiled in the plantations, the Tamils who are closer to him than the Tamils and Muslims who died in the killing fields of the North and the East. Have a heart Murali and be decent enough to withdraw what you said for posterity will forget about your cricket but they will never forget what you have done when some little comfort was given to a forlorn people by a foreign prime minister.
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Anehabatamamehemathnataka / November 20, 2013
I agree with his view that we need to see forward.
But Crime investigations in terms of Rathupaswala or Nothern soils should equally be held to a proper manner. Bottom line is we dont have the enviroment to hold any kind of fair crime investigations, let alone the crime incidents occured in post war scenarios. So, that alone can be a good argument anyone to go for an international war crimes SETTING is mandatory.
They impeached country ^s CJ for no ample reasons.
They killed some politicians on their own plans.
They just hold elections to grab the power consoldating their positions, deceiving the majority NAIVE masses.
They abuse state funds for their own LUXURY PURCHASES.
Moreover they even add manipulativ rhetorics to misguide the masses
What more should have been happened ANYONE to make unbiased statments about the MR regime.
Former President, former Judges, former senior professionals firmly say, that the govt of MR is a failure. So UK preimier is RIGHT asking that he would use their position in veto to bring MR to hague
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Saverimuttu Anthonipillai / November 20, 2013
Muthiah Muralidharan is a shameless character – like those Jews in Nazi concentration camps who shamelessly cooperated with the Nazi guards. He is a traitor and his statements need to be widely disseminated in Tamil Nadu. That would take care of any plans he may have to visit his in-laws there! What does he know? Does he have an education? Is he qualified to speak of the war? He is evidentally a person who can be bought for money – and the best thing that can be done for individuals such as him is to expose him in as broad a media platform as possible.
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Kettikaran / November 20, 2013
This is a tough lesson to Murali he should not venture into areas far beyond his limited learning and knowledge. At least now he must learn long interviews are always reduced to the time restraints of the media body concerned. Only cause for complaint if the substance of what he said was qualitatively altered. In this case it was not. He is caught as a serial liar and is confused with the meaning of “credibility” When he says there were only “20-30 mothers” complaining of the loss of their loved ones he becomes part of that Govt campaign that accuses all those 50,000 and above women in tears are putting up a show falsely to advance the interest of the LTTE. That is a cruel statement that can hurt a very large number of Tamils who suffered in the 30 year war – and still carry very deep and painful wounds.
It is admirable from the position of a non-descript Dalit family from the Estates in the Kandy area, he has reached fame and fortune. Tamils in the country and outside were proud of him. He has now endangered all that love and affection. A further example of why he should not go beyond his IQ levels is his foolish reference to the Bible. He says “Jesus says forget, forgive and go forward” What he has in mind, a lad who had failed to benefit from a good education in a famed Catholic English-teaching school – was Jesus spoke of forgivance. Jesus metaphorically said if they slap you on one side of the cheek offer them the other. Metaphor is far too complicated a matter to this young man who is also unequal to the challenging task of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds – simultaneously.
It is understood he proudly says, to impress that audience upon whom he has laid his future and his fortunes, he cannot speak Tamil very much. So be it. The Tamils in the country and the world will get by.
Kettikaran
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Saveri:
Did you ever ashamed when catholic priests involved in bank robberies or in procession carrying the picture of criminal Prabhakaran?
Your Eelam is always not accomodating the Tamils from the hill country.
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Gon Silva / November 22, 2013
Why are you liying about the Catholic priests, did they molest you during your child days???
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Lanka liar / November 29, 2013
Mokkan
“Saveri: Did you ever ashamed when catholic priests involved in bank robberies or in procession carrying the picture of criminal Prabhakaran? Your Eelam is always not accomodating the Tamils from the hill country. “
What is this please write in Tamil. You can forge a certificate but you cant get education.
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Snowdon Asange / November 21, 2013
why in Tamil nadu? IF Tamil Nadu is where ur soul is.. Moving out is best… btw try self immolation like most Indians do…. Murali may be right or even wrong, he gave his opiion, who spoke about all people, inclusive of kids, mothers, fathers who died because of the bombs by the LTTE? NONE….. why selective representation by the FOREIGN media I wonder….
Money talks Bullshit walks?
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Anehabatamamehemathnataka / November 21, 2013
Telling the truth to the world I dont think shameless. As the masses feel he has said, just looking at 30-40 men and women shouting about their human losses, cant necessarily say anything about crimes. Masses of this country today would join Murali^s views, though they stay silent. The reason for masses to stay silence should first be investigated. Then the soltuion will be revealed. People including former president and high professionals stay in fears today. There is zero press freedom in the country today. Letting journalitsts to raise their questions is JUST THE SHOW, one of their questions have any room to be in lanken press, please you the media analysts should have to examine all these and put them on world press, that can then work on SO CALLED POWERFUL lanken top leadership. Unfortunately, this round roundabouts are the only way remained to us now.
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Anehabatamamehemathnataka / November 21, 2013
it should be none of the questions raised by those journalists are found in local press – analysts should their job accordingly, then what is not seen will be brought distinguishably.
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Raja / November 20, 2013
Sri Lankan cricketing legend Muttiah Muralitharan said today that Channel 4 had lost its credibility in his eyes due to airing an edited clip of an interview which distorted the context he spoke in.
“It was unethical for them to edit three minutes of a 45 minute interview and air it. Channel 4 lost all credibility in my eyes” he told Daily Mirror online.
When questioned as to if the journalists assured him of airing the entire interview prior to agreeing on the interview, he replied in the affirmative.
“Yes that’s what they said and they promised that they would carry everything. I was not the one who wanted to be interviewed. They are the ones who wanted it badly. If they published the entire interview that would be the right thing to do and if they were to edit what I said they should have told me. I would have accepted it if they told me, but they did not and I think that was very unethical” he said.
THESE PEOPLE MUST BE DESPERATE.. Muralitharan THE MOST RESPECTED CRICKETER IN SL BY ALL..NEVER GOT INTO THE GAME OF POLITICS..UNLIKE OTHERS.. THESE LTTE EMIRGES PAYED PROPAGANDIST MUST BE DESPERATE..TO ACCUSE HIM OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR MONEY
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Rohana / November 20, 2013
What a moran MM. One of the uneducated sportswoman I have seen in my life.
Ask him if he can go to south India to his wife’s country.
I don’t think he can play a single game in South India.
Think before you talk.
Good Luck MM.
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M.Sivananthan / November 20, 2013
He visit Chennai regularly as well as to his ancestor place Namakkal as well.
Tamil Nadu cannot and never produced a Murali.
So your moronic thinking is very much for a laugh.
If the Tamil nadu dont respect Murali, they are the losers and not Murali!
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manisekaran / November 20, 2013
Next time he will not set the foot. We will take care, Namkakkal is my ancestry place too. Shame on Murali, come next time to chennai to see black flags waving at you!
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Ramany K / November 20, 2013
“come next time to chennai to see black flags waving at you!”
You idiot this is what you could do.This is what you all have been doing and our CM has stated clearly in his recent interview regarding this.If you really want to do anything good to the SL Tamils,please go to the refugee camps in TN and do something.
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Snowdon Asange / November 21, 2013
Tamils living in SL refugee camps are treated WAY better than the refugees in Indian camps.. Moreover they have been living in these camps for DECADES and still being considered 3rd class citizens. Had, the Refugees in Indian camps chosen to go to a different country, they would be living with DIGNITY and would have intergrated with those communities. These Indians cry foul for their own benefit..
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manisekaran / November 21, 2013
Dont some in Tamil name and show yoru stupidity. Your own CM thanked India for making NPC eletion reality, what made India to press for elections after four years, it is we stupids waved black flags at Sonia, not Murali’s chucking.
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
TN runs the 114 refugee camps in Tamil Nadu but the the money comes from the centre. Those refugees are treated as prisoners of war. No one can meet them. No media is allowed to those camps.
These refugee camps are now the hunting grounds of Tamil nadu hooligans. Rape, killings,and theft are daily rituals in those camps.
Those refugees cannot complain to any one because they will be thrown in remand prison as LTTE terrorists.
More than 150,000 people are now in those camps.
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manisekaran / November 22, 2013
Utter lies, this shows that you are stupid of highest order.
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Native Vedda / November 23, 2013
manisekaran
“Utter lies, this shows that you are stupid of highest order.”
There is large element of truth in what Sivananthan is saying about the refugees in Tamilnadu.
Don’t deny, deal with it please.
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Lanka liar / November 29, 2013
Mokkan how did you escape. I hear that you were taken to a vet (I hope you know what is vet, it is not a drink ok) for treatment and since then you went missing. However you must be thankful to your God father Doglas.
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Javi / November 21, 2013
A couple of days after being absolved of Chucking he was interviewed by BBC Sports. He just opened his mouth abusing the judges and the interviewer responded to Murali by asking him to shut up before he gets sent back for chucking.
Here is the original Candy boy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic3PPT3QfoQ
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mahasohon / November 21, 2013
You have a short memory. Have you already forgoten Nandikadal!
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Go and fart in Namakkal. JJ will provide security if any hooligans disturb Murali!
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manisekaran / November 21, 2013
JJ will provide security? is the way she prohibhited the Srilankan cricketer landing in Tamil nadu soild for IPL and other sports people?
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Madayan Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
While Dogless Devananda is farting in your mouth. Why lick [Edited out] just for some bones that he throws at your feet.
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
TNA is now competing for those bones. hahaha.. CVW always go and beg the president. TNA is now the follower of DD. So you know who is doing the things you said!
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Snowdon Asange / November 21, 2013
SO, if people have an opinion that is different to yours, they cannot set foot in India? what rock are u under? you may NOT ever achieve what MM has achieved, so stop being Jealous… or may be u r upset that a SL Tamil cricketer was able to woo an Indian gal and make her, his wife…
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
But you Madrasi morons never ask to stop selling Tamil movies to Sri lanka or never stop the air services of karunanithi family.
When the money matter comes you idiots in Tamil nadu, keep silence on those matters.
First you stop the trade from tamil nadu. Then bark at murali!
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manisekaran / November 22, 2013
who asked you to trade, stop the way TN stopped SL cricket entering Chenani pitch.
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Rooster / November 20, 2013
We DOESNT know if he can visit TN or not.
We DOESNT know if he was given tution before the interview either.
What we DOES know is that C2H5OH-Murali was white washing Tsunami rogues and made it so obvious.
Murali without Moral but Ethanol.
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MrRetort / November 20, 2013
No, he and his family is caught by the balls. Alcohol penalty for his brother. This is enough for MA RA TO finish whole clan unless they toe the line.
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Mahela / November 21, 2013
I think this whole David Cameron meeting Murali was another planned set-up Drama by MR.
Murali was bought by MR for 15 Million Ransom Ethenol scandal money to lie to CH4.
There were over 1000 mothers crying for their loved ones and not 20 or 30 as Murali say.
Colombo Telegraph should investigate to find out if MR acquitted his brother from this ethinol scandal.
CT please investigate this Ethinol scandal and let us know where it stand.
Murali betrayed and deceived his own people and lost his Respect, credibility and integrity among his and other communities.
We are sorry for you Murali. You are a spent force now.
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crazyoldmansl / November 20, 2013
Indian Tamil from the plantations. What do you expect? There has been bad blood between them injuns and the Sri Lankan Tamils ever since the Sri Lankan Tamils voted to disenfranchise the Indian Tamils. Sri Lankan Tamils see the Indian Tamils as low cast coolies and ‘kallathonis” or illicit immigrants. This is the way that the Sinhalese see them too. So on this issue the Sri Lankan Tamils and the Sinhalese share the same stand.
So this must be his way of getting back at the Sri Lankan Tamils. What did they do for him? At least the Sinhalese government has paid him handsomely.
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Anehabatamamehemathnataka / November 20, 2013
Man, among us there are all kind of personalities. I think it is right him saying that we need to see forward. But We must investigate the crimes for a fair manner should not be forgotten. Latter is our democratic right. Why to call the island social democratic… if all these values are neglected ?
And there are also opinion makers that would radically go against crime investigations. What they want is to establish their rule, instead.
That is not the voice of the masses.
pLEASE listen to any discussions added by President, he seems to be focusing just the surface of the problems. Always, trying to be showinng happy face, as if his role should be similar to that of Wijaya kumaranathunga in FILMs. … our people can easily be targeted by that way, but I wonder why they have repeatedly been leting someone to manipulate them easiy.. is that only COMMON to the masses in SL ?
Said to be a nation with high literacy, but when it comes to make decisions, they are just like STUPID .. why is that ?
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Snowdon Asange / November 21, 2013
YOU say spotsWOMAN and the next line u say ak HIM … seems u have a gender issue…more than him..
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Vibhushana / November 20, 2013
Having seen the interview I doubt anyone will think Murali is being ‘mislead’. The guy simply exposed the Jaffna frauds when others are struggling to cope with the deluge of exaggerated often blantly false information.
Jaffna has over the years cultivated an art of deception everyone struggles how to respond. We know these Vellalar are frauds, they know it too. Although mesmerisigly the outside world still havent realised the phenomenon.
The “Hit” on Uthayan newspaper and TNA woman member was engineered. The 40,000 death toll has been vastly exaggerated. Screams of “rape” by the millitary is blantenly untrue. Various claiims of “land grabs” are exaggerated.
I don’t know why these Vellalars feel the need to be dishonest. Its obviosuly some kind of defence mechnism. Although its a kindergarden lesson the frauds never succeed in the long run. They need to think of their next generation for a course correction. If not simialar fate will follow.
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aratai / November 20, 2013
Vibushana says: “….Having seen the interview I doubt anyone will think Murali is being ‘mislead’…….”
He was not mislead, looks like he was threatened,
…..now i know the reason, his brother’s smuggling case.
:-)
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Mahela / November 21, 2013
Vibushana,
Machan…..Forget about Jaffna man. See what’s going on in Colombo. Did you see Weliweriya, Prageeth, Lasantha, Gen.Sarath Fonseka, Sirikotha and many other suppressing and silencing MR opponents…….. still going on in South.
Buying opponents are MR’s hobby and he bought Murali like he buy MP’s in the parliament.
Can you find out what happened to Murali’s brother’s Ethenol scandal. Was he acquitted by MR as a bribe.
This Murali meeting David Cameron is a drama set-up by MR to give another picture to the world. Murali saw only 20 protesting mothers when we saw over 1000 in the Channel 4 Broadcast. Who is lying.
Forcing to Lie for 15 million bribe…..or a White van abduction(whatever choice) is not bad, when giving 200 Million to VP to sabotage 2005 Nothern Presidential election is a very common MR strategy…..and a white van to Pargeeth Ekneligoda.
Machan…..We need answers.
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
But no one tells how many LTTE morons were killed.
How did they separate LTTe morons from the civilians?
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Madayan Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Ask your God Dogless.
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
hey donkey.. tell us the number of LTTE morons perished in the war if you have a little brain!
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Lanka liar / November 29, 2013
God or Dog
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Patriot / November 20, 2013
MM “War is————- So we also doesn’t know the answers for that”
Oh MG! MM’s English. No wonder he was influenced by Rajapaksas.
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aratai / November 20, 2013
yes, MM’s english was the problem.
:-)
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Snowdon Asange / November 21, 2013
His English may be poor, but he can express himself in the field and off the field, where it mattered MOST for him, He isnt a Professor of Languages or Linguisit… so, one got to excuse him, after all he is trying… Can David Cameron speak in Tamil? NO so not all people can speak ALL languages… and it cannot be used as a tool to bring someone down… Shame… on YOU
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Bensen Burner / November 20, 2013
Muralitharan is a lumpen fellow traveler cum leg spinner. Belonging neither to the north nor the south, living among the chauvinists in the south he has to save his skin. There was a time when he went to the other extreme in the 1990s when he said that the Tamils in the south of Sri Lanka felt safe because of the LTTE when he faced the wrath of the Sinhala chauvinist media. To say the least he is an opportunist speaking out of turn. Bensen
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Senerath K / November 20, 2013
Murali is on MaRa’s side. His brother has connection with MaRa ministers. Murali is a famed sportsman so the people like him as a Cricker. Thats about it. As a person he has no credibility.
Bugger doesnt even know to say sensible things in an interview.
Tamil dont give damn about what he utters and for eaxtreme Sinhalese he is a Tamil. Its better this bugger shut his mouth and keep away from politics.
He is nothing but another Malini Fonseka/Paba so on. Just the popularity no brain.
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Tony Candappa / November 20, 2013
Murali has now confirmed that he is a Chucker.
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Patriot / November 21, 2013
Yes indeed.
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Austar / November 20, 2013
Thanks Mr. Sivathasan with your essay you have brought a drop of sanity in to the demented, myopic society, besotted and inebriated by a familial corrupt regime. The LTTE butcher Karuna Amman is right there in the parliament. Karuna Amman is a wanted terrorist who masterminded recruitment of child soldiers, hacking to death Buddhist monks and novices in Aranthalawa, bombing Dalada Maligawa. The rajapksa regime has rewarded him with a minister post and also earlier he was rewarded with a false passport to travel to UK, organised by non other than the President’s own brother.
The myopic and demented worshippers of the familial corrupt regime cannot see this, they see David Cameron and people like you as number one enemies of the nation. People have not heard the democratic message clearly and loudly delivered by 4.3 million people in the North. They delivered 3/4 th majority to TNA who won 30 seats. The turbo-charge development and throwing money have not been able to win the hearts and minds of the people who have suffered the most during 26 years of terrorism. The government with all the lavish enticements could only manage 7 seats. The government and the demented do not hear the democracy and sane hearts and minds speaking as they are not only myopic but deaf too. For demented, myopic and deaf the sane people appear as mislead and enemies.
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Liberal One / November 20, 2013
No doubt about that the voice of Northern/Eastern Tamils should be heard. But there are another 16million people in this country that should also be heard.
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Piraña / November 21, 2013
Truth must triumph over evil. Even it is only the minority is being truthful it must triumph not necessarily the majority should triumph if all of them are lying.
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Rajash / November 20, 2013
“Cameron Murali is God” says the Dailynews Editorial.
http://www.dailynews.lk/editorial/listen-mr-cameron-murali-god
This is why Cameron needs to talk to ordinary Tamils in Jaffana as weel as in the tea estates.
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M.Sivananthan / November 20, 2013
Murali and his up country Tamils never be part of the so called London born Eelam.
After the 1987 Indo-Lanka pact signed by JRJ and Rajiv Gandhi paved the ways to absorb all the estate Tamils as Sri Lankans and the problem of “stateless” people was solved finally. The so called EELAM champions never acknowledge the biggest benefit of the pact ever. Jaffna man has habit of ungratefulness always. They never acknowledge the founder of the Jaffna University the late PM Madame Sri Mavo bandaranayake or her husband for making TAMIL as a compulsory language of instruction in schools. But the Jaffna man tries to light lamps in the same university to praise a criminal gang of smugglers who killed many students.
But the Jaffna smuggler lead gangs opposed the pact and never bothered about the problems of the estate Tamils faced.
Mr.Sivathasan represents Jaffna smugglers and not the suffering Tamils in the Hills. Can Mr.Sivathasan explain the benefits of the Indo-Lanka pact or the problems of the Tamils in the Hill country?
Murali is Sri Lankan ICON and he is right in his assumptions of the current politics. Murali is always branded as some sort of lower person by the Dispora LTTE criminals and dollar collectors.
Murali is a better and responsible person than Prabhakaran or other LTTE criminals or any member of the opportunistic TNA members.
Mr.Sivathasan mentions about DSS but he never tell why all the Tamil parties huddled with the same UNP in 1965 and later or why Sambandhan is holding the Lion Flag with Ranil who was in the UNP cabinet when the Jaffna library was burnt to ashes.
I expect Mr.Sivathasa will come out from the cocoon of selfish Jaffna!
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Banda / November 20, 2013
Remember! GG Ponnambalam, a Jaffna Tamil had put his hand up to disfranchise estate Tamils and said that he would raise both hands if he could.
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Native Vedda / November 21, 2013
Banda
Have you done your home work?
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Prasad / November 21, 2013
Regarding the controversy surrounding All Ceylon Tamil Congress leader G.G.Ponnambalam and the Citizenship Act, it is correct that G.G.Ponnambalam supported the D.S. Senanayake government by voting against Citizenship Act No.18 of 1948 which deprived a million Tamils of Indian origin their citizenship.
That was the time when the power hungry Ponnambalam was believed to have been secretly negotiating with D.S. Senanayake to join the Cabinet. S J V Chelvanayakam who was the deputy leader of the Tamil Congress, broke away in protest and formed the Federal Party. The burning battle that took place between the Ilankai Thamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) lead by S. J. V. Chelvanayakam and the All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC) lead by G.G.Ponnambalam in 1952 was over the Indian citizenship act. The ITAK declared Ponnambalam a traitor. Even today you find such traitors in the Tamil community (eg: Douglas Devananda).
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
SJVS broke away because DSS refused him a cabinet position. SJVS and his party did nothing thereafter for the Estate tamils.
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Javi / November 21, 2013
A used Elastoplast! Gobbledegook! Mahavamsa. .m … Gobbledegook!
Nothing was or is farther from my intentions, than to enlist myself as the champion of a fixed opinion, where I have only expressed doubt.
Blasphemy against Sinhala Buddhist Mahawamse to suppose it cannot stand the test of truth and reason. ;)
Mahawamse is but poppycock written ½ millennia AD of Gautam and modified in the late 40’s.
Visit the opera hinduchin (Lumbini-Loayang) and fascist Japón museo the stolen from WW2.
Iran embargo is working on the rich and lazy too or be bombed by IAF.
Equinox!!!
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Banda / November 20, 2013
It is the very same GG Ponnambalam who attacked Mahawansa severely and in such extreme term by degrading Sinhalas kings and etc and caused the first Sinhala-Tamil riot in Nawalapitiya in 1939.
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Native Vedda / November 22, 2013
Banda
“It is the very same GG Ponnambalam who attacked Mahawansa severely and in such extreme term by degrading Sinhalas kings”
Pervert Mahanama edited a porn magazine which contains incredible stories of bestiality, parricide and incestuous relation between siblings.
Not only Mahawamsa be severely criticised but be banned from public access.
But then as Sinhala/Buddhists you live an abnormal life. You need Mahawamsa for your recreational activities.
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aratai / November 20, 2013
Hello M.Sivananthan, you are not listening to what Murali said……to forget the past.
:-)
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Rajash / November 21, 2013
Murali and upcountry Tamils?
are you speaking on behalf of Murai or are you also an upcountry Tamil.?
These upcountyr Tamils work in the Tea estates plucking tea all day and they are paid not by hours worked but by the weight of Tea leaves they have plucked
There abode is worse than taht of a beggar in any part of the world, worse than any slumb in the world
As part of the beautification of colombo, Gota is providing purpose built accomodation for the shanty dwellers of Colombo
The upcountry tamils who keep the brand “Ceylon Tea” not “Sri Lanka Tea”, in luxury hotels and outlets all over the world are treated like durt
only Praba spoke out for them
Murali doesnt care a damn about them
and you Mr Sivanathan also want to exploit them
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
When did LTTE talk for them?
LTTE opposed the 13th Amendment which gave citizenship to all the Hill country tamils.
Jaffana based LTTE and their coolie boys in Tamil nadu bark for the smugglers only!
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Rajash / November 22, 2013
When did LTTE talk for thme?
it’s similar to Murali’s grandfather fighting for the estate tamils?
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M.Sivananthan / November 23, 2013
You are a foolish donkey and never know the history of Murali family.
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Lanka liar / November 29, 2013
Mokkan if karuna can be in the parliament why didnt they take your there. there are so many toilets to clean. You can be next to Doglas also
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Rajash / November 20, 2013
I just watched the interview, sitting by the pool side in colombo cricket club, enjoying the trappings of his IPL Millions and enjoying the protection of the Rajapakse’s.
Murali himslef has never been to Jaffan himslef and says Cameron was misled because Cameron never been to Jaffna before and he doesnt know.
just 20 to 30 mothers protesting that could be a misled as well he says. What a statement!
I am sure he will not say the same thing when the Sinhala monthers protest against their lost sons, either in the war or ine the white van abduction.
He is in a country , where the Rajapakses will exploit anything and everything to stay in power. Unfortunately the great intellectual and articulative Sanga is also trapped so Is Mahela.
There are great cricketers from other countrie who have retired from the game gracefully, Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Sir Ian Botham, Steve Waugh, Sunil Gavaskae, Ganguly.etc and their respective governments do not exploit them for politcal advancement.
I wonder wheter his charity is also an eye wash funded by the Rajapakses’ to fool the world!
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Spring Koha / November 20, 2013
Most, including the likes of Mahela and Kumar, had the good sense to know when to disappear and not fall into the inevitable trap. Poor Murali; wet behind the years, fell hook, line and sinker trying to look smart in an alien language that would hardly have got him a waiting job at KFC. A glittering career tarnished by a walk-on, cameo role as Sri Lanka’s Uncle Tom.
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Those mothers are mislead because they were told Cameron is the president of Sri lanka and still under the rule of britain.
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Rajash / November 21, 2013
oh Murali what have you done?
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Madayan Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Did your bone feeding God Dogless Devananda tell them???
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Dr.Rajasingham Narendran / November 20, 2013
There was also a story I heard from my eldes from the very same DS period about beautiful , youthful and educated girls from upper class families being recruited to entertain the Soulbury Commission. One of the girls was from what I heard the then famous Molamure family. How much this was fact or fiction cannot be vouched by me. It has however anecdotal value in view of the many tricks, even as recently as the recent CHOGM, our political establishment tends to play.
Dr.Rajasingham Narendran
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K.A Sumanasekera / November 20, 2013
I don’t think our Murali is into that for sure.
You should have consulted Native’s Elders perhaps.
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Native Vedda / November 21, 2013
K.A Sumanasekera
“You should have consulted Native’s Elders perhaps.”
Unlike you, my elders don’t keep record of those filthy gossips.
Anyhow the Molamure family be of Vellala caste.
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PalmSquirrell / November 20, 2013
Mutthiah is purely looking after his own skin, trying to curry favor with Rajapaksa and Sinhala society. He is no different to the Blacks in South Africa who aided the Apartheid regime or the Black Americans who readily sold out their fellow Blacks to slave owning Whites.
There are Uncle Toms in every people, and Tamils have more than their fair share of them.
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
LTTE robbed Tamils and built luxury condos in Colombo. How is that? LTTE simply farted on the EELAM. But Murali never did any thing like that!
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Javi / November 21, 2013
“But Murali never did any thing like that!!
Exactly! He is wearing a scratchy amude like you of course.
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Muttaal!
Tell us why LTTE built luxury condos in Colombo? Eelam is in colombo or LTTE goons wanted a luxury retirement in Colombo?
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Javi / November 22, 2013
The largest manufacturer of condos in the world are “AnSell inc” just across your asilo border-
Of course they manufacture in the FTZ katunayake.
Nan than mutal paku you have no wings.
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M.Sivananthan / November 22, 2013
Donkey! Condo means condominium.
But you have no explanation for those luxury buildings built by LTTE.
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Gon Silva / November 22, 2013
Modaya
For explanation go and ask your master’s friends KP, Daya master, Karuna, and so on. DD is also having a share.
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Javi / November 26, 2013
“|” luxury buildings built by LTTE.”|”
Mutal pakku look in the sea for your reflection.
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Rajash / November 21, 2013
keep farting here for the Rajapakses
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Madayan Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Why did you run to Canada as a refugee??? Did you get fed up of licking your God Dogless’s bottom???
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
You too ran away. Why? I ran because of the LTTE criminals!
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Lanka liar / November 29, 2013
Mokkan
So Murali dont fart is it. He only chucks. If you drink too much you too will do a Murali.
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Menaka / November 20, 2013
Murali is not from Jaffna. He is of Indian origin and settled in Kandy (when they arrived as migrants). What he knows about Jaffna is as good as what little everybody else knows.
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Madayan Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Murali should thank the British for settling his parents in Kandy.
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zaman aly / November 20, 2013
I feel sorry for Murali. In the first place, he should not have been dragged into this useless controversy. The whole mess seems to have been politically orchestrated by interested parties keen to capitalize on his sporting popularity. And poor Murali foolishly allowed himself to be dragged in for his five minutes of fame with a white man who himself cannot boast of anything but a black record where human rights are concerned. Mind you, this man dragged his country into unilateral wars with Iraq Libya and Afgahnistan and yet refused to join the US in calling for action against Syria for alleged use of chemical weapons against its own citizens.Human rights campaigner huh! Also, dont forget he lost no time after the CHOGM to rush to the Airshow in Dubai to arrange for the sale of fighter jets to some of the most repressive and undemocratic regimes in the Middle East.(Remember Rizana the housemaid and the fate that befell her?) Murali, for one thing, is not the best conversationalist in the English language and hence his statements need to be judged in this context, with amply allowance that he may have in fact not meant what he said to sound as callous and nonchalant as they now appear. Secondly, He is loved for his cricket but now all that can change. He may be more reviled for his mere dismissal of desperate mothers brandishing pictures of their lost ones as mere stunts to mislead. To me the desperation in the eyes of the women, whatever their religion race or caste, are starkly haunting even to this day. The agony on their faces reflects the fire in their chests and Im sure nobody in his right senses would want to exchange places with these hapless women. I hope Murali realizes his folly as asks of himself
Breathes there a man with souls so dead
Who never to himself hath said
Oh how I grieve for the missing dead
And pray for mercy and solace to their unfortunate kindred.
What Murali needs now is damage control to save his figure as a cricketing legend. And for this, he has to first divest himself of politics which is a knaves game. Hope he loses no time in doing this.
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Kevin Ambush / November 20, 2013
Muralitharan is just another stupid Sri Lankan Cricketer who wagged his tail under the Arjuna Ranatunga Regime. Had he had half a brain he would have captained Sri Lanka for all the years that he played.
Anyways on the political front lets get this straight. Murali hails from the hill country of Sri Lanka with his strong hereditary links to South India. His parents were amongst a handful of Indian businessmen who established themselves amidst the shadow of corrupt Politics of Thondaman and with the sweat of poor hard working plantation workers. He himself is now married to richest private hospital owner’s daughter in India and have settled down in India.
Given the above, he should have shut his mouth shut. He has now rubbed mud on his own face by commenting on a very very sensitive issue. Had his mother or child was killed by the forces or the LTTE during the last stages of the war, OR is disappeared whilst held for investigations in the IDP camps – would he have said the same thing?
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Kettikaran / November 20, 2013
The ownership of Malar Hospital in Adayar, Chennai (Madras) changed hands many times and is now with the Fortis Pharmaceutical Group, who are the largest and controlling Shareholders. The father of Murali’s wife was one of the Directors – years ago.
Kettikaran
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Citizen / November 21, 2013
Kevin Ambush,
I totally agree with you. He should have kept out of politics and remained neutral. With Cameron he should have talk about cricket, but not this sensitive issue of the problems of the Tamils. Moreover, what was the view of Muralidharan or his father when more than 600,000 Indian Tamils were sent back to Tamil Nadu under Srima-Sashtri Pact. Now can he face the situation in Tamil Nadu (or even in U.K.) and has placed everyone in trouble. After all he is not matured in politics, other than cricket.
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sach / November 20, 2013
whatever it is as a fan of Murali, i want him to stay out of all these things. please.
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Sin Hela / November 20, 2013
It is sad the Murali jumped to discuss matters political which he is ill equipped to handle.
Leo Tolstoy is quoted in War & Peace ““It’s not given to people to judge what’s right or wrong. People have eternally been mistaken and will be mistaken, and in nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.”
Clearly, when put in the spotlight Murali did what most others would have done. Was he was being politically correct, believing that toeing the line of the government was the best bet, in order not to get embroiled in controversy?
Ask him in private and I am sure his answer would be less circumspect.
Sin Hela
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Park / November 20, 2013
I am saddened to note that Murali has forgotten that in 1983 his own fathers Lucky Land Biscuit manufacturing facility in Kundasale was burnt down. He has forgotten his beginnings. He need not have supported the LTTE view point, but he should have told the PM the truth. His success has blinded his eyes. Shame on you Murali. You are a disgrace to the Indian Tamil community in Sri Lanka. My father who helped your father to enroll you at St. Anthony’s College must be turning in his grave.
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Matilda Ellepola / November 20, 2013
I was very much surprised of his English skills as what I know of SACK, a learning institute with high class of English.
With travel among English speaking countries, his English skills are below par even for a ordinary student in Colombo.
As someone mentioned in above, Murali have sold his sole for 15millions rupees and get his brother freed from the prison.
So this patriot Sri Lankans family business is to import ethanol after declare false import documentation and make a lucrative business in selling to Kasippu udalalis and all sorts of illicit breweries.
This is how you do the Mathata-Thitha.
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Navin / November 21, 2013
You are sick person.
You think everyone has to speak good English?
Learning English is not a must to be a great person or a good human being. Knowing English doesn’t not make you a good person either. Stop judging people based on their fluency in English. You are pathetic, disgusting and sickening to say the least.
What matters is that you excel at what you do and Murali has done above and beyond others in his field. His English skills are immaterial.
To bring in English to look down upon him is the last thing I imagined our classy Colombians would do but guess I was wrong.
If you have really traveled and worked in other countries you would appreciate the value of English and human talent for what they are. Sadly the racist, bigoted idiotic moron you are, you have seen neither.
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Snowdon Asange / November 21, 2013
His English may be poor, but he can express himself in the field and off the field, where it mattered MOST for him, He isnt a Professor of Languages or Linguisit… so, one got to excuse him, after all he is trying… Can David Cameron speak in Tamil? NO so not all people can speak ALL languages… and it cannot be used as a tool to bring someone down… Shame… on YOU
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Snowdon Asange / November 21, 2013
YOU say… his language skills are below par and then…
Quote : “As someone mentioned in above, Murali have sold his sole for 15millions rupees and get his brother freed from the prison.”
it has to READ AS …. as some one mentioned above NOT( mentioned in above)… then u say Murali have sold his sole.. it has to be Murali HAS not (have) his soul NOT (sole).. 15 million rupees NOT (15 millions rupees.)
SO YOUR LEVEL OF ENGLISH IS ALSO WAY BELOW PAR……
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Liberal One / November 21, 2013
Forgotten? Moron it is exactly what he is saying. Forget the painful past and move ahead as Sri Lankans.
If we can forget about all the bombs you maniacs set-off in buses and trains why can’t you forget and forgive Black July?
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demon silva / November 21, 2013
Liberal one are you a MORON of degree one. Can you understand what is happening today in srilanka. Haven’t you heard of white van abductions, grease yakaya, raping, demolishing hindu temples etc?
The mothers are asking about their missing children is that an offense?
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Liberal One / November 21, 2013
Mothers are mothers I understand. You have to separate the grieving mothers and the hateful eelamists bashing Murali for asking to move forward.
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Javi / November 22, 2013
This is not his first attempt lying to the western press- he just ends up with foot in mouth because of …..offshot.
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
If Jaffna men voted Gen.Sarath Fonseka after the war, it is not big issue to get 1983!
Fonseka led the war as a commander but Tamil hooligans voted him without any shame!
So stop your nonsense feel shame to vote Fonseka!
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ram / November 20, 2013
It is interesting that the 45 minute interview had been telescoped into a 3 min clip, inspite of assurances given to him.
The LTTE rump were quick to denounce him, and to diminish him in the eyes of the foreigner, as he is NOT a proper Tamil (ONLY some of the Jaffnese qualify) and can even communicate fluently in Sinhala (another no, no).
His comment that his own house had been burnt down and yet he looked towards a better future were completely overlooked.
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M.Sivananthan / November 21, 2013
Jaffna idiots voted Fonseka while bark about war crimes. Those funny crowds now shout at Murali.
They expect every tamil in the country must dance to the tunes of the VVT smugglers who are the saviors of the Jaffna Tamils.
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Reverberates / November 20, 2013
Only one word could describe him – TURNCOAT!
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aratai / November 20, 2013
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Poor MM, he never thought he’ll get caught again!
:-)
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