{"id":106149,"date":"2013-09-19T00:48:57","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T19:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=106149"},"modified":"2013-09-22T15:50:13","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T10:20:13","slug":"wikileaks-devananda-will-kill-you-president-tells-journalists-and-offers-diplomatic-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-devananda-will-kill-you-president-tells-journalists-and-offers-diplomatic-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: &#8216;Devananda Will Kill You&#8217; President Tells Journalists And Offers Diplomatic Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;On April 25, talk show host Ranga told us that President Rajapaksa had informed him in front of a witness that Defense Secretary <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Gotabaya+Rajapaksa&amp;x=12&amp;y=3\">Gothabaya Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span> was incensed by Ranga&#8217;s handling of the abduction issue in his TV talk shows.&#8221;\u00a0the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_106153\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-devananda-will-kill-you-president-tells-journalists-and-offers-diplomatic-posts\/sri-ranga-copy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-106153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-106153\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-106153\" title=\"Sri Ranga copy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sri-Ranga-copy-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sri-Ranga-copy-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sri-Ranga-copy.jpg 326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-106153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sri Ranga, Namal and the President<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/category\/wikileaks\/\">WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database. The cable is classified as \u201cSECRET\u201d and discuses Sri Lanka\u2019s paramilitary operations. The cable was written by the Ambassador\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Robert+O.+Blake&amp;x=6&amp;y=3\">Robert O. Blake<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on\u00a0May 18, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador Blake wrote; &#8220;The President, whose <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Namal+Rajapaksa&amp;x=11&amp;y=7\">son<\/a><\/span> is a close friend of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Sri+Ranga&amp;x=12&amp;y=7\">Ranga<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s, insisted that Ranga leave the country, offering him the post of DCM in Oslo as an inducement. Should he fail to accept the offer of exile, Rajapaksa reportedly told him, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Douglas+Devananda&amp;x=13&amp;y=9\">Devananda<\/a><\/span> would have him killed. Ranga said he also feared assassination by the LTTE, who consider him a Rajapaksa stooge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We publish below the relevant part of the cable;<\/p>\n<pre>VZCZCXRO9322\r\nOO RUEHBI RUEHLMC\r\nDE RUEHLM #0728\/01 1380922\r\nZNY SSSSS ZZH\r\nO 180922Z MAY 07\r\nFM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO\r\nTO RUEHC\/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6072\r\nINFO RUEHRL\/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 0407\r\nRUEHKA\/AMEMBASSY DHAKA PRIORITY 0115\r\nRUEHIL\/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY 7096\r\nRUEHKT\/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY 5189\r\nRUEHLO\/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 3756\r\nRUEHNE\/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 0973\r\nRUEHNY\/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 3828\r\nRUEHOT\/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 1087\r\nRUEHKO\/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 2907\r\nRUEHCG\/AMCONSUL CHENNAI PRIORITY 7682\r\nRUEHBI\/AMCONSUL MUMBAI PRIORITY 5363\r\nRUEHON\/AMCONSUL TORONTO PRIORITY 0209\r\nRUEKJCS\/SECDEF WASHDC PRIORITY\r\nRUEKJCS\/JOINT STAFF WASHDC PRIORITY\r\nRUEHLMC\/MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION PRIORITY\r\nRHEFDIA\/DIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY\r\nRUEHGV\/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 2046\r\nRHEHAAA\/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY\r\nRHHMUNA\/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY\r\nRUEHBS\/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY<\/pre>\n<pre>S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 06 COLOMBO 000728 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nDEPARTMENT FOR SCA\/INS\r\nMCC FOR S GROFF, D TETER, D NASSIRY AND E BURKE \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 05\/18\/2017\r\nTAGS: PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE\r\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKA: GSL COMPLICITY IN PARAMILITARY\r\nFACTIONS' HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES \r\n\r\nREF: A. COLOMBO 591\r\n     \u00b6B. COLOMBO 561\r\n     \u00b6C. COLOMBO 463\r\n     \u00b6D. COLOMBO 460\r\n     \u00b6E. 2006 COLOMBO 2056\r\n     \u00b6F. 2006 COLOMBO 1896\r\n     \u00b6G. 2005 COLOMBO 2157\r\n     \u00b6H. 2004 COLOMBO 1219 \r\n\r\nClassified By: Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr., for reasons 1.4(b, d) \r\n\r\n\u00b61.  (S) SUMMARY:  Allegations of government complicity in\r\ncrimes committed by organized paramilitary groups have\r\nmounted in the last year.  Paramilitaries such as the\r\nLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)-breakaway Karuna\r\ngroup and Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) have helped\r\nthe Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to fight the LTTE, to\r\nkidnap suspected LTTE collaborators, and to give the GSL a\r\nmeasure of deniability.  The GSL, which denies any links to\r\nparamilitary groups, has recently touted its efforts to\r\nimprove its human rights record, such as the re-publication\r\nof procedures on arrests and detentions and the appointment\r\nof a \"One-Man Commission\" to investigate reported\r\ndisappearances (ref C).  However, these efforts so far appear\r\naimed more at improving Sri Lanka's image abroad and have yet\r\nto produce concrete improvements in the human rights\r\nsituation.  Outside the capital, the incidence of human\r\nrights abuses has continued, including extrajudicial\r\nkillings, abductions, child trafficking, extortion, and\r\nprostitution.  President Rajapaksa's government, strapped for\r\ncash, has cut direct payments to paramilitaries initiated by\r\nformer President Kumaratunga and instead turns a blind eye to\r\nextortion and kidnapping for ransom by EPDP and Karuna.\r\nWhile many of the charges against the government have been\r\nmade in public fora, a growing number of trusted Embassy\r\ncontacts, often at personal risk, have described in detail\r\nthe extent of the GSL's involvement with paramilitary groups.\r\n END SUMMARY.<\/pre>\n<pre>COLOMBO 00000728  005 OF 006 \r\n\r\n\u00b616.  (S) On April 25, talk show host Ranga told us that\r\nPresident Rajapaksa had informed him in front of a witness\r\nthat Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa was incensed by\r\nRanga's handling of the abduction issue in his TV talk shows.\r\n The President, whose son is a close friend of Ranga's,\r\ninsisted that Ranga leave the country, offering him the post\r\nof DCM in Oslo as an inducement.  Should he fail to accept\r\nthe offer of exile, Rajapaksa reportedly told him, Devananda\r\nwould have him killed.  Ranga said he also feared\r\nassassination by the LTTE, who consider him a Rajapaksa\r\nstooge.<\/pre>\n<pre>BLAKE<\/pre>\n<p><strong>Related posts to this cable;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"WkiLeaks: Gota Authorized Paramilitary Operations \u2013 Sri  Ranga\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wkileaks-gota-authorized-paramilitary-operations-sri-ranga\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WkiLeaks: Gota Authorized Paramilitary Operations \u2013 Sri Ranga<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"WikiLealks: Major General Chandrasiri Confided MOD Instruction To US\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikilealks-major-general-chandrasiri-confided-mod-instruction-to-us\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLealks: Major General Chandrasiri Confided MOD Instruction To US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"WikiLeaks: EPDP Sold Jaffna Children: Girls To Prostitution Rings And Boys To Slavery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-epdp-sold-jaffna-children-girls-to-prostitution-rings-and-boys-to-slavery\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: EPDP Sold Jaffna Children: Girls To Prostitution Rings And Boys To Slavery<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"WikiLeaks: Pararajasingham And Raviraj Killings; Karuna And Douglas Killing MPs \u2013 EPDP Vigneswaran To US\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-pararajasingham-and-raviraj-killings-karuna-and-douglas-killing-mps-epdp-vigneswaran-to-us\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">WikiLeaks: Pararajasingham And Raviraj Killings; Karuna And Douglas Killing MPs \u2013 EPDP Vigneswaran To US<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-gota-uses-my-name-to-threatening-people-upset-karuna-on-gotas-prostitute-editor-remark\/\"><strong>WikiLeaks: \u2018Gota Uses My Name To Threatening people\u2019 \u2013 Upset Karuna On Gota\u2019s \u2018Prostitute\u2019 Editor Remarks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-epdps-targeted-killing-method-with-govt-military-jaffna-government-agent-reveals-secrets\/\"><strong>WikiLeaks: EPDP\u2019s Targeted Killing Method With Govt Military \u2013 Jaffna Government Agent Reveals Secrets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-epdp-medical-doctor-performs-forced-abortions\/\"><strong>WikiLeaks: EPDP Medical Doctor Performs Forced Abortions<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":106153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,6969,2375,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories","category-wikileaks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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