{"id":54462,"date":"2012-09-18T16:30:01","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T16:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=54462"},"modified":"2012-09-23T10:46:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T10:46:02","slug":"shame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/shame\/","title":{"rendered":"Shame!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Malinda+Seneviratne&amp;x=4&amp;y=7\">Malinda Seneviratne<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44732\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/expatriate-tamils-and-the-dimensions-of-culpability\/malinda\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44732\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44732\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-44732\" title=\"Malinda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Malinda-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Malinda-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Malinda-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malinda Seneviratne<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Malaka+Silva&amp;x=6&amp;y=7\">Malaka Silva<\/a><\/span>, son of the Minister of Public Relations and Public Affairs, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mervin+Silva&amp;x=8&amp;y=6\">Mervin Silva<\/a><\/span>, did not attack, hit or injure <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Chandana+Pradeep&amp;x=12&amp;y=7\">Major Chandana Pradeep<\/a><\/span> at the JAIC-Hilton, Colombo, along with his friend <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rehan+Wijeratne&amp;x=11&amp;y=7\">Rehan<\/a><\/span> and a bunch of others, some of whom were (not) armed. Since there was no assault, it was not captured on CCTV.\u00a0\u00a0Malaka Silva is therefore the victim of a monumental and pernicious media drive to vilify him (and his father).\u00a0\u00a0And we were all born yesterday.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>The End.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Courtesy\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.malindawords.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.malindawords.blogspot.com<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em>*Malinda Seneviratne is the Chief Editor of \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.lk\/\">The Nation<\/a>\u2018 and his articles can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.malindawords.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.malindawords.blogspot.com<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Related posts;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/thuggery-father-son-and-holy-ghosts\/\">Thuggery: Father, Son And Holy Ghosts<\/a>\u00a0 By\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Malinda+Seneviratne&amp;x=4&amp;y=7\">Malinda Seneviratne<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Mervin\u2019s Son And Keheliya\u2019s Kehelmal*\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mervins-son-and-keheliyas-kehelmal\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mervin\u2019s Son And Keheliya\u2019s Kehelmal<\/a>\u00a0<strong>By\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Malinda+Seneviratne&amp;x=4&amp;y=7\">Malinda Seneviratne<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Arrest This Thug!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/arrest-this-thug-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Arrest This Thug!<\/a>\u00a0<strong>By\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Malinda+Seneviratne&amp;x=4&amp;y=7\">Malinda Seneviratne<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Other relates posts;<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Army Major Now Says Malaka And Rehan Did Not Assault Him\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/army-major-now-says-malaka-and-rehan-did-not-assault-him\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Army Major Now Says Malaka And Rehan Did Not Assault Him<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/assault-on-army-major-police-fail-to-nab-minister-mervyns-criminal-secretaries\/\">Assault On Army Major: Police Fail To Nab Minister Mervyn\u2019s \u2018Criminal\u2019 Secretaries<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/an-army-major-is-hospitalised-mervyn-silvas-son-malaka-silva-has-done-it-again\/\">An Army Major Is Hospitalised; Mervyn Silva\u2019s Son Malaka Silva Has Done It Again<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-mervin-silava-is-a-drug-kingpin-patron-chief\/\">WikiLeaks: Mervin Silava Is A Drug Kingpin Patron Chief<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":44732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,46,8],"tags":[1187,4525,4523,4867],"class_list":["post-54462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-constitutional-reforms","category-editorial","tag-malaka-silva","tag-mervin-silva-son-asulted-army-major","tag-mervyn-silvas-son-malaka-silva-attacked-army-major","tag-rehan-wijeratne-attacked-army-major"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shame! 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