{"id":187350,"date":"2018-02-10T16:30:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=187350"},"modified":"2018-02-12T23:53:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T18:23:54","slug":"cut-your-throat-gesture-in-uk-questions-to-the-defenders-in-sl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/cut-your-throat-gesture-in-uk-questions-to-the-defenders-in-sl\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Cut Your Throat\u2019 Gesture In UK & Questions To The Defenders In SL"},"content":{"rendered":"

By <\/span>Arun Kumaresan<\/a> –<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Arun Kumaresan – Air Vice Marshal (Ret’d)<\/p><\/div>\n

Much has been spoken of the incident involving our Military Attach\u00e9 in UK. The duties of a Military Attache is well articulated by\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>Dushy Ranetunge<\/a> in an article in Colombo Telegraph<\/em><\/span>, quote \u201c\u2026<\/span>The function of the military attach\u00e9 to the Sri Lankan mission in London is not to be its security guard. He\/she is the point of contact for British security agencies, to enhance the security of both nations, with periodic meetings for security cooperation between the two nations\u2026.\u201d. It is clear his act has no relevance to his official role. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hence, the incident needs no further review but the reactions by the people in power needs attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

Army Commander <\/span>Mahesh Senanayake<\/b> came to the defense of the Military Attach\u00e9 and stated “On the day of the incident the protesters who were carrying LTTE flags had shouted slogans against the Sri Lankan government and sung songs in praise of Prabhakaran. The Brigadier who was standing inside the premises of the Sri Lankan HC had pointed to the Sri Lankan flag on the shoulder of his uniform and gestured that the Sri Lankan government had already ‘taken care’ of Prabhakaran,”. <\/span><\/p>\n