{"id":174152,"date":"2017-02-20T12:21:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T06:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=174152"},"modified":"2017-03-01T14:55:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T09:25:47","slug":"keith-noyahr-abduction-hickory-dickory-gota-in-the-dock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/keith-noyahr-abduction-hickory-dickory-gota-in-the-dock\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Noyahr Abduction; Hickory Dickory, Gota In The Dock"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a dramatic turn of events the investigation into the abduction of Keith Noyahr<\/a>, the Criminal Investigation Department has found that the abductors had made phone calls to Gotabaya Rajapaksa<\/a> just after the abduction.<\/p>\n

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Former secretary to the MOD – Gotabaya<\/p><\/div>\n

Using the newly imported equipment the CID has managed to trace the call log details of the abductors\u2019 and Gotabaya Rajapaksa.<\/p>\n

Keith Noyahr was abducted and mercilessly assaulted\u00a0in 2008. He fled the country with his family and out of sheer fear did not even make a statement to the Police.\u00a0The abductors blindfolded him and carried him to the store house\u00a0situated within a large land in Dompe. His hands and feet were tied and then strung\u00a0on to a pole akin to hauling a dead carcass. Keith Noyahr was stripped, his belongings including his wedding ring taken, the abductors continued to assault wanting to know who his informants were. The true journalist that he was, even though bleeding profusely and in immense pain, never did\u00a0Noyahr betray his sources.<\/p>\n

The Dompe land and the house including the store was visited by Major Bulathwatte\u00a0regularly as he had an intimate relationship with a lady living there. When Keith\u00a0Noyahr was abducted it was the CEO of The Nation Krishantha Cooray<\/a> who\u00a0ran helter skelter to\u00a0trace him.\u00a0Krishantha Cooray contacted other Media houses, Embassies, and NGOs,\u00a0who\u00a0in turn sprung into action.<\/p>\n

Senior DIG Anura Senanayake too was contacted and a team from\u00a0the Nation including Cooray went along the telephone path which led to Dompe. For some unknown reason this team turned back from Dompe and abandoned the search. Retired\u00a0DIG Senanayake could answer as to why this was done.\u00a0CEO Krishantha Cooray then contacted Karu Jayasuriya<\/a> for help. Help did Karu Jayasuriya.\u00a0He called\u00a0Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/a> !!!! Keith Noyahr was released a few hours later.<\/p>\n

When Keith was held in the storehouse in Dompe, the lights were turned off and he\u00a0was blindfolded. Several hours after continuous assault, he\u00a0had heard a telephone ring and a voice answer in English. “Yes sir, Yes Sir”. A few minutes later the same voice had approached him and asked him to wash himself and dress up. The tone of the voice of abductors were conciliatory after the telephone call. He was brought back in a circuitous route and released. Wedding ring returned, purse not.<\/p>\n

This abduction and assault was never investigated. The common perception was\u00a0that the abduction was done at the behest of the then Army Commander Sarath Fonseka.<\/p>\n

One must recall that in 2008 up to the time the war was ended former\u00a0President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Gen Sarath Fonseka<\/a> were on the same page. Squeezing buddies. It was Gotabaya Rajapaksa who took\u00a0pole position to safeguard not only the\u00a0former Army Commander but all\u00a0the military and allied forces men even when there was mounting\u00a0evidence\u00a0of abductions and other criminal acts. Remember who said that Gen Fonseka was the best Army Commander in the World?<\/p>\n

Military Intelligence head Hendawitharne and his immediate subordinate Amal Karunatilleke too were in the habit of reporting to the then Secretary of\u00a0Defence Gotabaya, directly. Telephone records show the trace of reporting\u00a0from the time Keith Noyahr was abducted to the time he was released and thereafter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CID which renewed investigations into the many murders, abductions and assaults which occurred during the Rajapaksa regime, seem to be drawing first blood. Apart from abductions and disappearances of civilians for extorting large amounts of money, the hunting of journalists who had alternate views to that of\u00a0Mahinda Rajapaksa’s regime had damaged the image of the island nation.\u201d a well informed source to Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n

According to the Foreign Ministry sources, increase in\u00a0tourism and foreign direct investments being of utmost importance this year, success in investigations into murder and abductions of journalists too will be of equal importance to achieve the first requirements mentioned above.<\/p>\n

A senior Government official, who did not wish to be named, pointed out that tourists do not visit a country that does not respect the rule of law nor where voice of dissent is stifled. Neither would foreign direct investments pour into a country where accountability is absent. 2018 will be a make or break year for Sri Lanka financially, when a major portion of the huge borrowings of the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime will be\u00a0up for repayment. \u201cRemember\u00a0Sri Lanka thus far has not reneged on her foreign debt on due dates. Never.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is laudable that President Sirisena nor Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, has\u00a0blocked the investigations of the CID. There is a powerful message in their silence.\u00a0Mahinda Rajapaksa and his coterie in the Joint Opposition has from time to\u00a0time tried to whip up extremist and racist feelings whenever a military officer\u00a0was questioned or remanded over a criminal offense. A section of the Buddhist\u00a0clergy too have been misled by these sentiments. THEY SHOULD READ\u00a0Major General Kamal Gunaratne<\/a>‘s book ROAD TO NANDIKADAL\u00a0( Pg 55) where the decorated officer writes\u00a0how ashamed he was of military men resorting to criminal acts. The Major General has indeed made several references to acts of criminality by military men and the need to bring them before the law in order to preserve the good name of the\u00a0Military and of Officers and Gentlemen.\u00a0His position is\u00a0absolutely right but is quite\u00a0the opposite of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa et al.\u00a0In the eyes of the Rajapaksa\u2019s the entire military be they deviant or not are War heroes. Why? It is obvious.\u201d a defence analyst told Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n

\u201cPainstaking detective work resulted in the CID finding out the details of the Noyahr assault. As Major General Kamal Gunaratne said in his book, it would be best if the military shed the rogue elements sooner than later so that the true war heroes could be celebrated and revered. The present Yahapalanaya government of President Sirisena and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe should know that all their grandiose plans for Sri Lanka will come to naught if the patriotism card is used by Mahinda,\u00a0Gota and others to thwart constitutional reforms and development. The country did believe that there was criminality and corruption during the Rajapaksa era and they\u00a0must be held accountable. Put away if found guilty. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Keith Noyahr investigation is but the tip of the iceberg. Await more.\u201d the defence analyst said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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