{"id":144998,"date":"2015-05-22T14:49:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T09:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=144998"},"modified":"2015-06-03T05:32:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T00:02:19","slug":"video-of-sinhala-police-officer-using-racially-motivated-language-at-an-elderly-jaffna-woman-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/video-of-sinhala-police-officer-using-racially-motivated-language-at-an-elderly-jaffna-woman-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Of Sinhala Police Officer Using Racially Motivated Language At An Elderly Jaffna Woman Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video showing a senior Sinhala police officer using\u00a0racially motivated and\u00a0disrespectful language at\u00a0an elderly Jaffna Tamil woman<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0is going viral on Facebook.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Police-Jaffna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-145006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Police-Jaffna-300x266.jpg\" alt=\"Police Jaffna\" width=\"131\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Police-Jaffna-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Police-Jaffna.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/a>The incident took place in Jaffna during the protest against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rape+%26+Murder+Of+School+Girl+in+Jaffna&amp;x=18&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the rape and murder of a schoolgirl<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">The recording captures phrases like &#8216;You should make sure that your men behave&#8217; (<em>thamuselage pirimi had\u0101ganna\u00a0\u014dne thamusela<\/em>). 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