{"id":169032,"date":"2016-10-16T00:15:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T18:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=169032"},"modified":"2016-10-20T17:00:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T11:30:45","slug":"nightclub-attack-yahapalanaya-champion-breaks-laws-to-safeguard-son-daham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/nightclub-attack-yahapalanaya-champion-breaks-laws-to-safeguard-son-daham\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightclub Attack: Yahapalanaya Champion Breaks Laws To Safeguard Son Daham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Maithripala Sirisena, who came to power championing the cause of good governance, has shown scant regard to the law in his desperate attempt to safeguard his son, Daham from his recent misdeeds at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Clique+night+club&amp;x=6&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Clique night club<\/span><\/a>, which left at least one security guard injured and damage to the club\u2019s property.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CCTV-Daham-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-169033\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CCTV-Daham-.jpg\" alt=\"cctv-daham\" width=\"640\" height=\"92\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CCTV-Daham-.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/CCTV-Daham--300x43.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Highly placed sources told the Colombo Telegraph that Sirisena had instructed the police to show him all CCTV footage which showed the attack involving his son and members of the Presidential Security Division (PSD).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is unlawful, even though he is the Head of State and it concerns his son, he cannot order the police to show him the CCTV footage. This is illegal because the President is not only bypassing laws, but he is also breaking laws by ordering the police to show him the video footage which is vital evidence in this case,\u201d a source said.<\/p>\n<p>Even though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sirisena-brat-led-mob-smashes-night-club-and-assaults-staff\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">it has been a week<\/span><\/a> since the incident took place, the police have not questioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Daham+Sirisena&amp;x=10&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Daham Sirisena<\/span><\/a>. \u201cIf it was someone else\u2019s son, by now the police would have at least taken a statement from the culprits, but they have not even recorded a statement from a single PSD member who was part of Daham\u2019s security detail on the day of the incident,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n<p>The police have given Sirisena the CCTV footage of four specific videos which were recorded on October 8, 2016, the day of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The file names of the four videos are;<\/p>\n<p>CH03_2016OCT08030000_0.dv4<br \/>\nCH03_2016OCT08030000_0.part02.dv4<br \/>\nCH04_2016OCT08030000_0.dv4<br \/>\nCH04_2016OCT080300000_0.part02.dv4<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sirisena-brat-led-mob-smashes-night-club-and-assaults-staff\/\">Sirisena Brat Led Mob Smashes Night Club And Assaults Staff<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/exclusive-cctv-video-footage-of-daham-sirisena-led-mob-attack-on-clique-night-club\/\">Exclusive: CCTV Video Footage Of Daham Sirisena Led Mob Attack On Clique Night Club<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/covert-operation-to-cover-up-daham-sirisenas-misdeeds-at-clique\/\">Covert Operation To Cover Up Daham Sirisena\u2019s Misdeeds At Clique<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/daham-sirisenas-psd-security-removed\/\">Daham Sirisena\u2019s PSD Security Removed<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/psd-to-take-the-fall-for-dahams-misconduct\/\">PSD To Take The Fall For Daham\u2019s Misconduct<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/baby-sirisena-prompts-papa-sirisena-to-punch-yahapalanaya-and-threaten-yahapalana-unity\/\">Baby Sirisena Prompts Papa Sirisena To Punch Yahapalanaya And Threaten Yahapalana Unity<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/new-cctv-footage-shows-daham-at-clique-and-psd-threatening-club-security-prior-to-attack\/\">New CCTV Footage Shows Daham At Clique And PSD Threatening Club Security Prior To Attack<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":159513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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