{"id":185917,"date":"2017-12-29T23:18:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T17:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=185917"},"modified":"2017-12-30T20:22:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T14:52:21","slug":"new-low-in-yahapalana-government-sirisena-appointee-piyasena-demands-stf-security-for-son-on-first-day-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/new-low-in-yahapalana-government-sirisena-appointee-piyasena-demands-stf-security-for-son-on-first-day-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"New Low In Yahapalana Government: Sirisena Appointee Piyasena Demands STF Security For Son On First Day At Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Signalling a new low in the Yahapalanaya government, new State Minister of Law and Order Piyasena Gamage has demanded STF security for his son, Randima Gamage, a Provincial Councilor, on the former&#8217;s very first day at work.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Piyasena-Gamage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-185918\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Piyasena-Gamage-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Piyasena-Gamage-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Piyasena-Gamage-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Piyasena-Gamage.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Randima Gamage, the ex-boyfriend of UNP Parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra, will be the first Provincial Council member to receive STF security, informed Police sources told Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>Piyasena Gamage, who entered Parliament as the replacement of former MP Geetha Kumarasinghe, was appointed to the new position by President Maithripala Sirisena.<\/p>\n<p>The two Gamages are known to be &#8216;Sirisena loyalists&#8217; in the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;STF security is usually provided for VVIPs as they are a specialised force. VIP security is usually handled by the Ministerial Security Division (MSD). Many politicians believe that getting the STF to flank them, boosts their image. That is why they are greedy for STF security,&#8221; a highly placed government source told Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>Colombo Telegraph also contacted Law and Order Minister Sagala Ratnayaka to ask if he was aware of the development. 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