{"id":96288,"date":"2013-07-20T12:20:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T06:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=96288"},"modified":"2013-07-31T00:14:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T18:44:10","slug":"wide-spread-incidents-of-extortion-taking-place-throughout-the-country-lfd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wide-spread-incidents-of-extortion-taking-place-throughout-the-country-lfd\/","title":{"rendered":"Wide Spread Incidents Of Extortion Taking Place Throughout The Country &#8211; LfD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Lawyers+for+Democracy&amp;x=13&amp;y=5\">Lawyers for Democracy<\/a><\/span>\u2019 views with alarm the wide spread incidents of extortion that is taking place throughout the country.\u00a0 The recent incident where the manager of a plantation was murdered and the statement released by the Planters\u2019 Association reveals the several cases of extortion and intimidation that has taken place in the plantation sector.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59334\" style=\"width: 203px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/basl-has-failed-to-act-positively\/lal-wijenayaka-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-59334\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59334\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59334\" title=\"lal wijenayaka 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/lal-wijenayaka-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lal Wijenayake<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Forcible acquisition of land from lawful owners and even state lands is fast becoming like bribery and corruption the accepted norm in our country.\u00a0 It is no secret that extortion of money from reputed business establishments has become the serious problem in the business sector.\u00a0 This development has dissuaded investors from investing in business ventures in our country.\u00a0 It is well known that in almost all instances these acts of extortion \/ intimidation has been committed either by politicians or persons closely connected to politicians.\u00a0 What is strange is the impunity with which such acts are committed.\u00a0 In many instances such incidents goes unreported because of the risks involved in reporting these incidents because of the corruption and politicization that exists in the police and one cannot rely on the police to provide for their safety.<\/p>\n<p>The Planters Association has to be congratulated for exposing this development fearlessly.<\/p>\n<p>We \u2018Lawyers for Democracy\u2019 calls upon the authorities concerned even at this late stage to take immediate action to restore confidence in individuals regarding their personal safety and the safety of their property.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Lal+Wijenayake&amp;x=9&amp;y=5\">Lal Wijenayake<\/a><\/span> ,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Convener Lawyers for Democracy<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":59334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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