{"id":189002,"date":"2018-03-23T13:37:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T08:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=189002"},"modified":"2018-03-23T15:16:18","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T09:46:18","slug":"army-commander-brags-about-brutality-president-gives-silent-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/army-commander-brags-about-brutality-president-gives-silent-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Commander Brags About Brutality, President Gives Silent Consent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Army Commander Lt Gen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahesh+Senanayake\">Mahesh Senanayake<\/a> said that soldiers had &#8216;cracked skulls&#8217; and &#8216;split ears&#8217; during operations to quell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Digana\">communal unrest in the Kandy<\/a> District recently.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_183902\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lieutenant-General-N-U-M-M-W-Senanayake-RWP-RSP-USP-psc-was-appointed-as-the-22nd-Commander-of-the-Sri-Lankan-army.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183902\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-183902\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lieutenant-General-N-U-M-M-W-Senanayake-RWP-RSP-USP-psc-was-appointed-as-the-22nd-Commander-of-the-Sri-Lankan-army-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lieutenant-General-N-U-M-M-W-Senanayake-RWP-RSP-USP-psc-was-appointed-as-the-22nd-Commander-of-the-Sri-Lankan-army-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lieutenant-General-N-U-M-M-W-Senanayake-RWP-RSP-USP-psc-was-appointed-as-the-22nd-Commander-of-the-Sri-Lankan-army-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Lieutenant-General-N-U-M-M-W-Senanayake-RWP-RSP-USP-psc-was-appointed-as-the-22nd-Commander-of-the-Sri-Lankan-army-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-183902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Army Commander<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He said that all this happened within the framework of &#8216;operational duty&#8217; and that he is not perturbed by it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;All communities are with (support) the Army. I know that skulls were cracked, that ears were split (blows on the ear), but this doesn&#8217;t bother me. I will not punish anyone. All this happened within the framework of operational discipline.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He added that he had explained all this to President Maithripala Sirisena in a 45 minute discussion and that the President did not ask my &#8216;why was it done in this way?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Army Commander however acknowledged that four soldiers who were on leave had taken part in the violence and that they would be duly sacked.<\/p>\n<p>The Commander made these comments at a ceremony to open a new accommodation complex for other rankers at the Regimental Headquarters of the Gemunu Watch in Kuruwita, Ratnapura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 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