{"id":116137,"date":"2013-12-02T20:30:54","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=116137"},"modified":"2013-12-11T01:50:30","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T20:20:30","slug":"video-ssp-ranagala-interrupts-anti-hudson-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/video-ssp-ranagala-interrupts-anti-hudson-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: SSP Ranagala Interrupts Anti-Hudson Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A peaceful protest, staged against the rumbustious conduct SLBC Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Hudson+Samarasinghe&amp;x=13&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Hudson Samarasinghe<\/span><\/a> in front of the SLBC today (2nd), was interrupted by a group of hooligans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ranagala-Edit.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-116139\" alt=\"Ranagala-Edit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ranagala-Edit-300x219.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ranagala-Edit-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Ranagala-Edit.png 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>They booed at the protesters and scolded them in obscene language. Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Nimalka+Fernando+&amp;x=9&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Nimalka Fernando<\/span><\/a>, who recently received death threats from the SLBC Chairman during a live radio talk show, was also among the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>The Police, led by SSP Premalal Ranagala, facilitated the hooligans by chasing away the protesters and destroying their placards. Instead of taking hooligans into custody, he dispersed protesters by threatening them in vulgar language.Protesters were mostly women and the large majority of them were human rights activists. Ranagala was the same police officer who protected the group who staged pro-government protests in front of the Hulftsdorp Court Complex when former Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake was impeached.<\/p>\n<p>* Video Credit: Vikalpa &#8211; CPA<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dRxw7QJzxOQ?rel=0;shoinfo\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Related posts;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"AHRC Condemns State Media Attack On Nimalka Fernando\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/ahrc-condemns-state-media-attack-on-nimalka-fernando\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">AHRC Condemns State Media Attack On Nimalka Fernando<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Relationship With \u201c30-Years\u2019 Partner\u201d Minister Vasu Does Not Provide Immunity From Threats \u2013 Nimalka Fernando\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/relationship-with-30-years-partner-minister-vasu-does-not-provide-immunity-from-threats-nimalka-fernando\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Relationship With \u201c30-Years\u2019 Partner\u201d Minister Vasu Does Not Provide Immunity From Threats \u2013 Nimalka Fernando<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a title=\"Nimalka\u2019s Partner Minister Vasu Declines To Enter Debate On State Media Threats Against Her\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/nimalkas-partner-minister-vasu-declines-to-enter-debate-on-state-media-threats-against-her\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nimalka\u2019s Partner Minister Vasu Declines To Enter Debate On State Media Threats Against Her<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":116139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories","category-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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