{"id":89973,"date":"2013-06-02T23:30:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=89973"},"modified":"2016-06-02T20:18:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T14:48:12","slug":"sinhala-video-thushara-speaks-on-the-scandal-of-namal-rajapaksas-law-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sinhala-video-thushara-speaks-on-the-scandal-of-namal-rajapaksas-law-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinhala Video: Thushara Speaks On The Scandal Of Namal Rajapaksa’s Law Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

The scandal of Namal Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span>, eldest son of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Member of Parliament, and heir apparent, receiving favoured treatment by the authorities at the Sri Lanka Law College at his attorneys-at-law final examinations grabbed media attention in year 2011.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Thushara Jayarathna<\/a><\/span>, another candidate at the exam, alleged in complaints made to the police, Law College and even the then Chief Justice<\/a><\/span>, that Namal Rajapaksa had been accommodated separately in an air-conditioned room with internet enabled computer facilities to sit for his examinations.<\/p>\n

In the present political climate of Sri Lanka, the courage of Jayarathna\u2019s decision to go public does not need to be retold. He has not only faced physical harm and intimidation for his trouble, but also received no justice either from the Law College or from the Sri Lankan courts. The Supreme Court has thrown out his fundamental rights case on technical grounds, thereby exhausting all his local remedies.<\/p>\n

In this interview with Beyond Boston\u00a0Thushara Jayarathna explains what has happened to him after he reveled the scandal;<\/p>\n