A Buddhist Monk from Batticaloa has threatened to kill a grama sevaka for filing several court cases against Sinhalese living in the district.
Using absolute filth in Sinhala, Ampitiye Sumana, a monk from the Batticaloa Mangalarama said, “You are a bloody tiger. My blood boils when I see you. You are a bloody dog. You are a Tamil Grama Sevaka. You have been filing case after case against our Sinhalese. Stop filing cases against the Sinhalese. Go and take action against what is happening in Wilpattu and Siripada. If you even send out one Sinhalese from their lands, I will end the rule by the Thambiyas and the Demalas. I will smash you. This is my last warning to all of you,” the monk said.
The monk said that in the past the tigers had killed the Sinhalese, now they are attacking them. He said that the only reason he was not harming the Grama Sevaka was because of the police uniform. During the incident, which occurred on a main road, several police officers including a senior police officer was also present.
The threats were made against the Grama Sevaka by the monk in front of the police officers. The senior police officer who was present at the time of the incident, tried to calm the monk and take him away to a jeep which was parked on the main road.
While walking away, the monk told the Grama Sevaka, “I will smash him till he dies.”
Saman Adirkari / November 14, 2016
This is anti-Sinhalese -Buddhist agitation and propagandas manipulated by Colombo Mass Media.
The Buddhist Monk rights that bully Tamil extremist and rights has been supressed by enforcement authorities in power Batticsos of Eastern Province.
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Dionysius / November 14, 2016
I would like to know what the honorable monk has been smoking.
Dionysius
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Simon De Silva / November 15, 2016
Please dont disgrace buddhism. Derobe yourself and join free thugs community.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SS80iHIWaE
Lanken Buddhist Association, Bonn Germany
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Tsylana / November 15, 2016
they all leave the robes and run when they feel the wealth- champika.
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Sam Fernando / November 15, 2016
Can anybody tell me please why a Muslim singer was that engaged in lanken buddhism in earlier decades ? I assume Baig family should be liberal kind of local muslims. His voice is the best in my days. Very soul -you can listen to his hours.
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Elan / November 15, 2016
Batticaloa Paddipalai district people protested today against the derogatory behaviour of the racist rowdy in robes the other day. This bast..d had on earlier occasion barged into the Paddipalai district office and assaulted the district officer and caused damage to the office.
No action was taken against this bast..d who is a disgrace to the religion he represents. Why the Sinhala government is not taking any action against this rowdy in robes who is bringing the Buddhist religion into disrepute?
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Hinniappu / November 15, 2016
Only wayout would be to remove the monk from the place for his therapies.
Just accusing him alone will not help further.
He is being regarded as a god to the area. So through police, those folks should be made aware the truths about the GREAT harm being done by the monk s behaviour, if would continue further.
We can all forget any efforts being made to achieve more in reconcilation between two divided folks.
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Seelawathie Jayasinghe / November 15, 2016
If animals can be removed for therapy purposes, why not this 2-leg animal though in yellow robes can be shifted to a therapy centre not allowing him any further human association. He can only make irrepairable damages – should be clear to the adminstration. Longer they wait, the wound healing will turn out to far difficult. Basta.
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davidoff / November 15, 2016
What honorable? He is a low grade scum whom someone should have the guts to beat the s–t out of.
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Samuel Jayaweera / November 15, 2016
Yes, his lips look as if they were similar to those of a chain smoker.
I think this man in yellow robes is supported by some stupid sinhalayas in UK. That seem to have made him stronger. Why the man is that fearless to use abusive langauge at anyone. Rajapakshes have visited the place a month ago – Mr Sirisena failed to do so. There was an issue in which the mad monk demolished a name board of Mr Sirisena as a protest showing his anger that president was unable to visit the place even if other temples were visited by him. All these were reported in local press.
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DifferentPerspective / November 14, 2016
In the near past Monks were gun down, slashed and hacked etc at Kandy Temple and even at Sri Maha body tree. Historically it is mentioned Buddhism prevailed due to monks eating the leanest of vegetation n memorizing the Dhamma and passing it from generation to generation , and only due to such efforts today we still have a 2500 year civilization and a peaceful religion with some bad apples. All these efforts they did when they were placed in cauldrons and boiled alive. Many countries lost religions due to settlements – Iran, Saudi, Afghanistan, Bdesh, can be sighted as some.
Bad apples prevail everywhere and anywhere . There were indisciplined monks even during Buddhas era which trigger the Sangayanawas: please don’t forget Devadatta was also a priest. And we all know what he resorted to. Action speaks louder!
Looking at a single side or not knowing the cause, may not be wise to term the monk as what he is. After all irrespective to the wrong language , the Monk is protesting against a mis deed behalf of a community. Matter wd have been different had he torched himself up.
Take it thus way- all of us got to know about these settlement as this was spoken by a robbed person . Had it been by any man- this wd not be news. The monk – even in his rage- respected the cops uniform, which many don’t resort to anymore. This is sad.
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Real Siva Sankaran Sarma / November 15, 2016
trying to defend this racist evil foul mouthed monk who is defending illegal Sinhalese settlers who are trying to steal Tamil lands? By the way who is funding this monk the running costs of his jeep and these illegal Sinhalese settlers. Some powerful rich organisation or people, as this seems to be very organised at various places in the north and east. This monk was very confident that someone powerful person or organisation will protect and his nasty behaviour. Without the backing of some powerful people or organisation close the Sinhalese establishment, these gangs of poor Sinhalese peasants or mobs led by extremist Sinhalese Buddhist mobs will not have the funds or courage to roam around the Tamil north and east brazenly occupying and stealing land from the Tamils, as they are very confident nothing will happen to them. Who is funding all this destruction of Hindu temples and statues and the installation of huge Budda statues and temples? There is no money of funds to resettle genuinely displaced Tamils and the northern Muslims but lots of funds to build to destroy Hindu temples build Budda statues/temples and settle thousands of Sinhalese who should never be there, on stolen Tamil lands.
There was a 2500 year old civilisation and it was all not Sinhalese; Lots of it was built by Tamil/Naga dynasties that was either Hindu or Buddhist. Sinhalese only came into existence around 9AD. Stop trying to re write actual history to support your Sinhalese Buddhist extremist aganda
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Native Vedda / November 15, 2016
DifferentPerspective
“In the near past Monks were gun down, slashed and hacked etc at Kandy Temple and even at Sri Maha body tree.”
Why was there a war in the first place? Had the monks behaved in a manner that is prescribed in Vinaya, there wouldn’t have been a war.
You will do well to remember they were the main source of all conflicts in this island since Dutta Gamani’s days. First religious war in this land was fought by Dutta against Demeda instigated by the monks. Dutta who listened to the monk refused to even respect his father, sent him women’s wear.
What sort of 2500 years of civilisation are we talking about? When did the people stop fighting?
Tamils fought against Tamils and Sinhalese. Sinhalese fought among themselves and against Tamils and Muslims.
I suggest you stop quoting selective history and start remembering the history as a whole.
Buddhist monks have additional responsibility to respect people and be respected by them. They need to earn respect.
This nasty little racist has no place in the society, nor in a temple. What would your children, grand children, grand children, .. learn from this filthy racist who wears yellow robe to command authority. And you defend/justify him in a long shot or rounded way, going back to 2500 years of history.
The history of this island was made by lay people, artisans, secular monks, … great poets, …… and not by racists, like you.
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Hamlet / November 15, 2016
“In the near past Monks were gun down, slashed and hacked etc at Kandy Temple and even at Sri Maha body tree.”
Different Perspective:- Where did you learn your Buddhism?
“He was Angry with me, He attacked Me, He defeated me, He robbed Me.
..Those Who dwell on such Thoughts, will never be Free from Hatred”
Verse3 From the Dhammapada, the ‘Bible’ of the Buddha.
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davidoff / November 15, 2016
Very well written, Native Vedda. Instead of beating around the bush it is better to expose these scoundrels in robes by telling the bitter truth.
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timbuttu / November 15, 2016
“”spoken by a robbed person .””
The proper perspective with no optical illusions.
the 2 of you are robber class isn’t it??
from ambude to seevura without the head gear?
motte.
no wonder they have their heads between the legs.
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AJ / November 16, 2016
DifferentPerspective:
there is a difference between ‘Different perspective’ and ‘wrong perspective’
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Anbanaden / November 14, 2016
This guy is not a monk! He is freeking idiot He should have been sent to jail..It’s a real shame on the budhist community. It is this Dalai Lama who encourage these types of criminals to flourish with their hatred instead of COMPASSION.
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Naufer Mohamed - Kotte / November 15, 2016
This Buddhist Monk is preaching the Bana. This Buddhist Monk is preaching Lord Buddha words.He says all the Tamils are Dogs and according to Buddhist Theology when a person make sins he will be born as a cat-dog-snake etc..etc.
According to Buddha’s teaching all the Tamils are born as Dogs and in their next life they will get Nirvana therefore no one should get angry but listen to this monks preaching and follow his footsteps because he is preaching the teachings of great Lord Buddha.
Buththang Saranang Gatchchami.
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Ash / November 14, 2016
This is the reason we dont go to temples anymore. Monks are thugs.
No matter what the reason is, every person deserve respect.
You ask us to respect you, when you do not even deserve it.
Stop trying to create racism
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Ranjith Wimalaratne / November 14, 2016
This incident well display the frustration of Sinhalese living in that area. Now a family from Batti: has taken my house at Matara on rent since all their property had taken over by Tamils in Tiger days and the Mudalali and adults were killed.
Tenant name is Roshan de silva; origin is Weligama.
Ranjith
Ottawa Canada
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Seelawathie Jayasinghe / November 15, 2016
Sure, there are issues of that kind. But instead of solving them through the law and order processess available in the country, buddhist monks of the kind to go amok is no means acceptable to any civlized folks. What right the monk has to go above the law ? The message being sent across by the monk is beyond all ethics and morals. Today, I heard some circles that discuss and mediate in the discussions on the peace process of lanka, question me in Germany, why some lanken monks behave above law while the police men standing next to them ? My answer was complicated. I was speechless. This monk belong rather to psychiatric wards considering all good him to have performed for the people in that area. Any kind of that aggression must not underestimated by the authorities.
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Real Siva Sankaran Sarma / November 15, 2016
You are the South Indian(Tamil Nadu) origin Salagama Sinhalese Buddhist extremist Ranjith Soysa from Canada who constantly posts and comments on the Sinhalese extremist site Lankaweb with your Tamil hate messages. I will take your story about this Sinhalese family from Matara with a pinch of Salt. Most probably they were Sinhalese from Matara who were settled on stolen Tamil land and had to return
Sinhalese never lived in these areas, now they are all coming from south, led by extremist Buddhist monks and claiming Tamil lands, stating that they lived there. There were around 20000 Sinhalese the most living in the north and 90% or more lived in southern Vavuniya that was always under the control of the government, therefor they were hardly displaced. Now around 165000 Sinhalese are claiming that they were displaced from the north. The north and east never or hardly had any Sinhalese prior to 1950s.
The so called Sinhalese here were all settled by all Sinhalese led governments since independence on stolen Tamil lands. Tamils who lived in the island for around 150 years, earning most of the country’s foreign exchange were made stateless and forcibly deported to India, whilst hundreds of thousands of Sinhalese who have no historical or any other claim to the north and east are being brought and settled in the north and east by these same Sinhalese led governments on stolen and ethnically cleansed Tamil lands to deliberately change the demography. Since 2009 thousands of highly funded bands of Sinhalese peasant mobs led by extremist Buddhist monks are running around with impunity squatting on displaced Tamil people’s lands and claiming it as theirs. They are supported by the occupying 100% Sinhalese armed forces and police and just like this monk know that this Sinhalese police armed forces and establishment will support them. This is the reason for this evil foul racist behaviour by this Buddhist monk, as he is fully aware that since he is a Sinhalese a Buddhist and a monk to boot that he is above the law and can do anything and say anything to Tamils and nothing will happen to him, as evidenced by the video.
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Simon De Silva / November 15, 2016
We thank you SSS for revealing truths of ” Ranjith Soysa”.
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Siva Sankaran Sarma / November 16, 2016
Cool story, bro :D
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Ranjan Fernando / November 15, 2016
This guy ampitiya sumana is no champion of the sinhalese
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Non PhD / November 14, 2016
Why are leaders like MaRa & sons, MaRa bros,Dinesh Gunawardne ,Vasudeva Nanayakara, Tissa Vitharane are keeping silent on this matter?. MaRa group who frequent Buddhist temples should take care of the country’s interest first and speak up.
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pon. suku / November 14, 2016
Just after seeing this video only people who dislike LTTE wants them back in force !
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Native Vedda / November 14, 2016
Ranjith Wimalaratne
“This incident well display the frustration of Sinhalese living in that area.”
The behaviour of the saffron clad thug is not an isolated incident. There are about 21 Million frustrated humans living here on this island. They do not go around abusing state functionaries the way this thug did.
“since all their property had taken over by Tamils in Tiger days and the Mudalali and adults were killed.”
It is high time your friend, the Tamils whose properties were destroyed or grabbed by the army, and the Muslims whose land were encroached by the Sinhal/Buddhist in the area got together and approach the Eastern Provincial Council.
All three categories of people suffered and continue to suffer. They don’t need saffron clad thugs to act on their behalf.
It could be complicated matter need sound legal advice and there is no need for the thug to go around and abuse state functionaries whenever his clients are frustrated.
If the thug is going to behave like a local chandia of course, he is free to do so only after removing his robe.
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Real Siva Sankaran Sarma / November 15, 2016
He is not Ranjith Wimalratne. Ranjith is correct but not Wimalaratne. Soysa is a typical South Indian origin Salagama name
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timbuttu / November 15, 2016
“”If the thug is going to behave like a local chandia of course, he is free to do so only after removing his robe.””
He does it best with the robe.
It’s part of the old rogue of the island
A mix of the faith and practice.
tentacles can’t change. a weapon is a weapon.
How do you castrate them??
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Sama / November 15, 2016
what would be if anyone would shoot at him next days ? He makes more enemies than friends. Anyone can trigger on him. His verbal provocations outreach even the deaf. So powerful foul langauge, not even drunkards would ever use – so abusive as nothing can help him forgiving him. Anyways, this aggressive monk seems to have two faces. There are also videos in which he behaves as if he could be the monk who just entered Rahat state.
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KA Sumanasekera / November 14, 2016
Are there any NGOs who protect or come to the rescue of poor Rural Buddhists and their places of worship, when they are under threat from the majority and prevent their eviction?…
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Native Vedda / November 15, 2016
KASmaalam KA Sumanasekera
“Are there any NGOs who protect or come to the rescue of poor Rural Buddhists and their places of worship, when they are under threat from the majority and prevent their eviction?”
Of course, we must protect the poor Rural Buddhists and their places of worship from Sinhala/Buddhists.
The only way forward is the liberation of Buddhism from Sinhala/Buddhism.
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V.I.S.Jayapalan / November 15, 2016
Bomasthuthi, நன்றி, Thanks,
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AJ / November 15, 2016
BBS is NGO
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Sinhala_Man / November 14, 2016
345 comments by the time I look at this. The one consolation in all this is that the overwhelming majority of those commenting are ashamed that there can be monks like this.
On the other hand it doesn’t need millions of bad people to once more bring back ethnic chaos to this land. The existence of millions who either helplessly (that’s one lot) or cynically (that would be a different lot of people) make excuses and say that there is nothing wrong in re-colonising all of the East is what is going to embolden these thugs. I know that this English discussion is not going to be very effective. We must listen to what is being said in Sinhala and Tamil, and start talking to people not in the language of the last imperialists.
Two weeks ago, there were some of us who went on a sight-seeing tour of the East. It was essentially a Buddhist pilgrimage, and the people were all decent, but I sensed that all was not well with the way in which we want to unify our country. So, I wrote an account of our trip, and a June trip to Jaffna, as some of the last comments to this article in which a Tamil academic tries to account for the conflict that threatens once more to engulf us.
https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/the-dress-rehearsal-in-trincomalee/
I have given you that link to his scholarly article, hoping that my own amateurish attempt to warn (only two weeks ago) will alert readers to the fact that we are in grave danger of slipping in to war once more. It is true that the Tamils have no military leaders, but they could be driven to desperation if we interfere with their right to even exist on this island.
New myths are being woven, and if we don’t teach History and logical thinking, the little children of today could be hacking one another to pieces, while we will be more peacefully pushing up the grasses of Sri Lanka.
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Paul / November 15, 2016
If this sob had threatened me like that I would have smashed his face in. Of course the cops would have arrested me but fortunately I know enough influential people to get me out of their clutches. This poor Grama Sevaka has no such recourse. One must admire his silence and stoicism in the face of such abuse. He displays a nobility that the bastard monk cannot even aspire to.
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Sylvia Haik / November 15, 2016
Well said Paul. I am astonished this abuse is not seen as an offence. I am aware we enjoy Freedom of Speech, but sure it has its limits. I am not a Buddhist, but I used to go to the temple (at Maligakande near my school, Clifton Girls High) to listen to the wisdom of the monks there, and there were plenty of them. These thugs who damage the reputation of Buddhism should be defrocked like they the Christian clergy when they commit misdemeanours. As an ordinary citizen Ampitiye Sumana would not have lasted 5 minutes with language like that.
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jim softy / November 15, 2016
Sylvia ‘Hiak:
defrocked like they the Christian clergy when they commit misdemeanour
How many popes should have gone because of instigating the crusades ?
There are so many pastors in North america with HIV-AIDs.
Even in Sri lanka, there are Tamil pastors who screwed up married women while the husband was away in a foreign trip.
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AJ / November 15, 2016
I was wondering how you got AIDS. Now it’s all clear
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Native Vedda / November 15, 2016
AJ
Thirty or so years ago jim softy the dimwit used to be a beach boy even at the age of 50.
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AJ / November 16, 2016
Yes I heard now he works as a lady boy in the massage parlour located at the “Mattala Rajapakse International Paddy Storage”, providing ‘happy endings’ to monks.
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Sylvia Haik / January 14, 2017
Thanks, AJ and Native Vedda. No wonder Jim Softy is so conversant with HIV and AIDS.
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James / November 15, 2016
Threatening to kill a government officer in open public right in front of a senior police officer is not Freedom of Speech, it is a crime. If this had happened in any other country, he would have been arrested on several charges but in Sri Lanka unfortunately a man wearing a saffron robe is considered above law. This monk has also threatened the Batticaloa police officers and even beaten them. See this video how he is abusing a female police officer. All the police officers are scared of him. Nothing is going to happen to this monk. In his recent visit to the East, President Maithreepala Sirisena visited his Mangalarama Temple and paid respect to this monk. Even if the police arrest him, the president will take action against the police. This is the pathetic situation in Sri Lanka, all the rogues and thugs are protected by the president. What can these poor policemen do, even they are being attacked by the monk. Even the Buddha Sasana minister is powerless, just another spectator to all these. Take my word, the authorities are not going to do anything to this monk and he will be a good example and inspiration for all the racist monks in Sri Lanka. This is what the last government did, ignored all the criminal activities of the racist Buddhist monks, this government is also doing the same. Politicians and Buddhist monks have become a curse to Sri Lanka. This country will never ever come out from its primitive state and will always be known as a pariah state even though its landscape is so beautiful.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLY8W0LClz0
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Paul / November 15, 2016
There will be no improvement until the Sangha are registered and required to carry ID. Today any man can shave his head and wear a robe. Cleansing of the Sangha has been carried out by Kings in the past. There is no reason why the President cannot do it with or without the help of the Mahanayakas, except that the President is not clean himself.
Wake up Paul, are you crazy? What will happen if the President moves to cleanse and register the Sangha? MR will leap to their defence, organize nationwide protests and try to topple the Government. Its just all gone too far. The entire body politic is rotten with corruption and there is no hope. How can you be so naive as to think that matters will ever improve?
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KA Sumanasekera / November 15, 2016
Are you the Chandi Paul from Peters Place, Or it is the Galleon Turf in Bolemedhall Rd ?..
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Paul / November 16, 2016
I’m the Paul who loves the Buddha’s teaching and watches while mad monks destroy it more efficiently than the Christian evangelists.
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KODAGODA / November 15, 2016
I am embarrassed to be a budhist for the first time. what is Buddhism in sri lanka”? it is definitely different from what lord Buddha practiced and the rest of the world does.
that man should have been arrested right away. That police man should be arrested for witnessing such an event and not acting upon his duties.
mother lanka what is happening to you? why is a mother treating her children so differently.
and what is Mythri our elected president doing. what is
raNIL DOING?
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Simon De Silva / November 15, 2016
Kodagoda, please let that go through your head cautiously as you can. Then only you could get the reasons as to why almost everyone is silent in that regard. The place given to Sangaya costume -SIWURA is above the law according to Mahanwanse. So, those who abuse the costume have been on a rise to this day. This monk has provoked to bring thousands of monks as protesters if anyone would go against his acts. The police and politicians have been threatened by buddhist monks of the aggressive kind today- so they have to handle the issues cautiously as they can. Silence is not a solution but they should have discussed the threatening problem of monks inside the cabinet these days.
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RAJASINGHAM JAYADEVAN / November 15, 2016
Whenever such hate ridden provocative conduct from any quarters are experienced a feeling of hopelessness for Sri Lanka sinks in.
How can Sri Lanka go forward:
– when some monks breach the very principles and Values of Buddhism.
– when police officers are only uniformed and are unable perform the duties.
– when politicians are unable to stand up and express their strong voices and take measures to prevent such abuses recurring.
I make this statement particularly to this incident and I oppose any such violence from any quarters.
Just imagine a Hindu, Muslim or a Christian priest had gone on the abusive racist spree in the scale of the monk some where is Sri Lanka? Will the police witness it patiently?
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Sinchuappu / November 15, 2016
In any civilized society, the man in sanga robes would have been put in jail only for that matter, but not in Srilanka.
Srilankens will never achieve the levels of civlized – even if an another decade is gone.
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take_that / November 15, 2016
The majority of the beast rules the streets while a select band of spin doctors run the administration as warlords-
oh they are elected periodically by some of the most literate people of the region.How wise??
There is only a vague constitutional democracy so invariably there is no rule of law.
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Siva / November 15, 2016
Nice to see this ‘monk’ getting exposed in the media. He is a well known notorious character. There are plenty of videos of him in action. I even saw a video where he threatened to assault a female police officer.
If he is not controlled he may well incite another riot like we saw in Aluthgama in 2014 after the refusal to curb Gnanasara.
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BBS Rep / November 15, 2016
This is the status quo in present day Sri Lanka. This racially motivated tirade by this foul mouthed saffron robed thug is the real Sri Lanka. From this video you must at least get a glimpse of what Sri Lanka is today. The minorities are there to be racially vilified, abused and treated like pariahs. The police and the judiciary are also of the same mindset, that is why these cops do not take any action. If a monk can get so aggressive and so boisterous in front of police just imagine what he does when the cameras and police are not around. If this is the behaviour of a Buddhist monk just imagine how much more dangerous lay Sinhala Buddhist are towards the minorities. All the minority complaints fall on deaf ears nationally and internationally. Only horrible Sinhala Buddhism thrives.
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Siva / November 15, 2016
This monk has helped ruin the image of buddhism across the world (along with his buddy Gnanasara).
And i am not exaggerating as i have shown his videos to my British and American friends and they have shared it too. Westerners who always assumed buddhists to be gentle and peaceful are starting to realise that buddhists (even monks) in Sri Lanka and Burma are very different.
This will result in fewer people approaching monks and learning about Buddhism. It will also result in fewer people sympathising with Buddhist grievances.
Same thing happened to Tamil people. Because of the arrogant extreme behaviour of the LTTE, many across the world stopped sympathising with the Tamil community. Only now after they are gone are people starting to see the problems the Tamil minority face with the Sinhala nationalists
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jim softy / November 15, 2016
Here also, it is because of the pro-LTTE Grama Sevaka. He should be pinished for giving troubles to people in the area.
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Sinhala_Man / November 15, 2016
Dear “jim softy”,
If this really is your view, then our country is in deep trouble. If having seen a video in which all the aggression is from the monk, and without knowing what cases the Grama Sevaka has filed, you want to punish the man straightaway, all objectivity has disappeared and the “law of the jungle” (which means, of course, no law at all) prevails.
I’m not really an “anonymous” person. Most regular readers know my actual name, and through various links, many know a lot about my life. I asked you once where you are from. You said that it was of no consequence.
I know very little of the Batticaloa area. I have written above about two trips that I made to these “traditional Tamil areas” that I don’t know very well. Between those two, there was a guy who suddenly took me on another three day (two nights out) trip to Pottuvil and Batticaloa – in his car. He was determined not to interact with people; we were relying on paying money for accommodation – one night in Komari (between Pottuvil and Akkaraipattu) and one in Batticaloa. I had once before only been to Batticaloa more than thirty-five years ago. At least I’m being open about how little I know.
I read, of course. To the best of my knowledge, these were areas which were mainly Tamil-speaking. I hope that this country will be run in some civilised way, and I will be very happy if my predictions of disaster are proved wrong. We have lived our lives; let’s hope that coming generations will also be able to do so. I will say no more for now.
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AJ / November 15, 2016
i didn’t know monks took over the duties of polic and judiciary, going around Sri Lanka and punishing people. Can you ask you safron-friends to go and do the punishing in the white van next time
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Pacs / November 15, 2016
Things like this video can happen But the responses of the rulers, government, public, MPs, police, law and order regulatory system are watched and evaluated by people all over the world. Will the world just ignore it or mend it for the sake of Humanity’s civilisation?
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Rajash / November 15, 2016
I was travelling so missed this.
Last night I had dinner at Rosemead Place,(the family home of the Bandaranake clan, now an upmarket boutique hotel /restaurant.
In this house the then PM SWRD was shot dead by a man in yellow robe, when SWRD bowed to him in the traditional manner of respect. There was no country wise uprising or protest against the Men in yellow Robe in the aftermath of the murder.
That was when the Men in yellow robe got their green light, that they can get away with murder.
The start of monk power.
Evident by the policeman in this video, so polite to the drunken thug in yellow robe and escorting him away.
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Dionysius / November 15, 2016
So the noble monk is preaching the new sermon on tolerance and compassion.
Many of them seem to be coming out of the same seminary.
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Mojo / November 15, 2016
Search Ampitiya Sumanarathna on Youtube, and you can watch a load of his psychotic behavior, throwing tantrums at others while boasting as the self appointed guardian of Buddhism in the East of the country. This is the exact point at which he gains sympathy from the rest of Buddhist community and even those holding positions of authority in political circles. This then is also the license for him to act with impunity, above the law and with no regard for even the sacred robe he dons. His emotions get the better of him and knows no bounds. This in fact is how a few stupid Buddhist monks in the country have hijacked their philosophy to create a militancy to vent their frustrations and disappointments against society. Some do it against their own innocent people, some against people of other religious faiths who are less able to fight back since they are in the minority.
This slide into the abyss tarted off after a failed experiment by politicians as a strategy to gain votes along religious lines. Now that the floodgates have been opened, it is only going to get worse and cannot be shut in a hurry. It will take a strongman with a ‘brook no nonsense’ attitude and a disciplined mindset to wrest the slide, and put this country back on track. In fact we can now see a deterioration of the situation with a layman jackass supposed to be a ‘kattadiya’ throwing his hat into the ring to plant the seeds of discord and discontentment, using such raw and filthy choice of words to show contempt and ridicule towards people of the Muslim faith.
The government agencies and the law and order machinery are virtually paralyzed and their writ virtually ceases to exist when it comes to addressing such issues. The fear of mass reprisals and personal attacks. Even the fear of losing the popular support to a ‘good governance’ administration, which they believe they still have. They hope the situation to improve, but will probably wait till it gets out of control to take meaningful action. They may believe it to be a no-win situation for them to address the issues just yet. And so they let the basket of deplorables grow whilst it drifts into a point of no return, which could lead finally to a cataclysmic ending. The government is presently doing nothing as jerks like this monk gone mad, work themselves up into a frenzy, and show others how it should be done.
The is clearly what is termed ‘The ugly side of Buddhism’.
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Thanga / November 15, 2016
Journalist Tissanayagam was indicted in the High Court of Colombo on the following offences…
1. Between the 1st of June 2006 and the 1st of June 2007 you have with persons unknown to the prosecution, with intent to commit a crime with a common intention with or without premeditation by word, sign, or visual representation have caused to wit arousing communal feelings by editing, printing or distributing the magazine called North Eastern Monthly, you have conspired and committed the offence punishable under s.113(b) and s.102 and The Prevention of Terrorism Act.
2. You have in the same course of events, have published or distributed the articles listed herein in the North Eastern Monthly magazine and committed the offence as referred to in the above law.
3. You have in the course of the said events, collected money or
made payments on terrorism or aided and abetted by collecting money for the said magazine, North Eastern Monthly has committed the offence as referred to in the Emergency Regulations published on the 6th of December 2006.
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Tissanayagam was sentenced to 20 years hard labour by a Sinhala judge after being convicted for using racially divisive language under the country’s tough anti-terrorism laws comes as little or no surprise to us. He was further charged of having taken money from the LTTE to operate a website providing the Tamil version of facts about the civil war, His main crime was to write 2 articles in the now-defunct North Eastern Monthly Review journal in 2006 and 2007 criticizing the Sri Lankan persecution of the Tamils who were seeking an independent homeland at that time.
If Tissanayagam was sentenced for 20 years hard labour for using racially divisive language and arousing COMMUNAL feelings under the country’s Anti-Terrorism law, how many years should a racist like this monk Ampitiye Sumana, who used raw filth and called the Tamil officer, albeit a public servant to wit, a dog should be put behind the bars? Is this monk beyond arms of law? What happened to rule of law under yahapalanaya ?
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anil gune / November 15, 2016
well said by the Buddhist monk.
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V.I.S.Jayapalan / November 15, 2016
Thank you Colombotelegraph. This is a challenge to the President and the Government of Sri Lanka speaking reconciliation with Tamils. all the anti-Tamil intimidations took place with the aiding and abating of a uniformed Sri Lanka State security officer.Let us see how the President of Sri Lanka is going react to this. – V.I.S.Jayapalan poet and actor
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ballah / November 15, 2016
racist tamil gramasevakaya should be sent to jail
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Bitter-Truth / November 15, 2016
The so called Grama sevaka has put complains against whom? Sinhalese why he do so ? out of racism – He think that Baticola is a land of Tamils just like Muslims think Katankudi is their land.Ironically , here in Sri Lanka , Ethnic minorities can mosques Kovils every where . Not only that they dares to estabish ethnic villages – example Vilpattu ( A Ethnic village of Muslims -courtesy – Badudeen)-What will happen if Sinhalese too started to think the same way? How about Sinhalese who live in Gall think that Gall is a land of Sinhalese and all Muslims live there should be removed ?????.(who find their bread and butter by selling goods mainly to Sinhalese-coze their wives only wear blacked burka and they do not even shave their beards so they cannot sell even a razor to their fellow Muslims)
Being fueled racism, being establishing ethnic villages they the Wahhabi Muslims and racist Tamils (I apologize if my statement hurt any moderate Tamils and moderate Muslims who invariably are willing to live with Sinhalese peacefully)expect the Maha Sangha to meditate in the Jungles.To preach Sinhalese to be calm,To teach them the unity among the races.I would like to remind you all these minorities that The MahaSangha always marched front, have been giving the leadership in every single foreign invading – The best example – was with Dutu Gemunu against the invading of Ellalan.
Pathetically , nowadays most northeast Tamils have forgotten the great irreparable damage had been done by the Hitler of Asia – the child snatcher Piribahakiran who killed villages of Sinhalese just because of they are Sinhalese.The gruesome brain washer who sent innocent Tamil kids to fight with well trained SL army to be killed like wild rabbits.
Seeing this some provoked pro LTTEers would bark saying Sinhalese army killed Tamils- But it was a war against terrorism not against a race.
So, considering all facts mentioned above , I would like to remind you, my minority(racist) friends that the soil of mother Lanka is fertilized by the blood of Sri Lankan heroes who laid their lives to protect the country.I desperately am not saying “Sinhalese heroes” mainly because not only Sinhalese but also brave soldiers like Thuwan Muthalif has sacrificed their life to protect our motherland.Hence, before you point your finger towards the above monk, better to ask your own politicians to stop sowing racism…………..
…..Truth is bitter….anyways…digest….
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roy / November 15, 2016
Time to get into these robes in Sri Lanka ,you can get away doing anything…
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Birendra / November 15, 2016
He did not utter ‘dog’. ‘Dog’ is a fabrication
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Hamlet / November 15, 2016
This ‘Man in Robes’ has to be sent to a Doctor for Psychiatric assessment!
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malik / November 15, 2016
A very horrible incident, these Thugs in robes must be stopped, but the other news item similar and has importance and would never have made it onto cmb telegraph if it wasn’t for this saffron thug is ‘ grama sevaka for filing several court cases against Sinhalese living in the district’ why would they keep filing court cases of sinhalese living in Batticaloa??????????????. The actions of both parties are in fact similar, only one uses filthy words the other uses the law. They are both from the same cloth of hate. And this piece of news is ignored
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Hamlet / November 15, 2016
malik; don’t you see that the people whom This ‘Man in Robes’ is defending, are his friends, cut from the same cloth as himself!
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Hinniappu / November 15, 2016
Hamlet nangi,
cant agree with you more. Majority folks that are tied together belong to the same category. None of so called sinhala buddhists would utter a single word against the mad dog monk. Please check it yourself in the comments given to the youtube video.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mangalarame+hamuduruwo
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justice / November 16, 2016
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Native Vedda / November 15, 2016
malik
“why would they keep filing court cases of sinhalese living in Batticaloa??????????????.”
If the cases are being filed against a particular people it is a matter for the police to investigate and courts to judge.
The people who believe the Gramasevaka had wronged them they have all right to pursue the matter in the courts, backed by legal advice and represented by leading lawyers (legal eagles), such eminent luminaries as Mahinda, Namal, GL, Vasu, ……. Sarath De Silva, Mohan Pieris, the filthy little saffron clad thug …..
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