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Sinhala Policeman Assaults Hindu Pilgrims at
Kathirgamam in Southern Sri Lanka
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Sinhala Policeman Assaults Hindu Pilgrims
at Kathirgamam in Southern Sri Lanka - Monday 30 July 2007
Reported in the
Sinhala owned Sri Lanka Daily Mirror, 3 August 2007
: "A large group of people were shocked when a police constable
assaulted people with a wooden pole when they went into the
Menik Ganga to drink water and fill their vessels immediately
after the water cutting ceremony on Monday. About 10 people were
subjected to this assault and some who were hit fell into the
water. A majority of those who were beaten are devotees who came
from North East through Yala forest in a Pada Yatra. It is
customary for devotees to drink and carry water home after the
water cutting ceremony. They treat it as holy water. After it
was announced that the water cutting was done on the upper
portion of the Menik ganga by beating drums, devotees who were
about a kilo metre downstream started getting into the ganga
chanting �Haro Hara�. At that moment the police constable
started his assault."
"..The
profound suffering of our people, the tragedies
they faced in the form of
death
and
destruction, the
tears of blood they shed from their anguish,
have not touched the compassion of the Buddhist
nation..."
Velupillai Pirabaharan, Leader of Tamil Eelam,
Mahaveerar Naal Address, 1992...
"...What are we
struggling for? We aspire to live peacefully with
freedom and dignity, without the interference of
anyone, in our own soil; in our Motherland where we
are born and bred; in our own historical homeland
which belongs to us.
We too, are human beings..."
Velupillai Pirabaharan, Leader of Tamil Eelam,
Mahaveerar Naal Address, 1998
 [see
also
முருகாஆஆஆ..... at முத்தமிழ் மன்றம்
முருக பக்தர்களுக்கு மிருக அடி at Yarl.com
Marvels
of Law Enforcement at Kataragama in the Sri Lanka
State Controlled Sunday Observer of 22nd September 1991
"Over the years, police officers assigned to Kataragama have
learned to accept a low profile and to show the same
humility and respect as other pilgrims... While
disturbing incidents have not been entirely lacking, the
enlightened policy of officers ...has insured that patience,
restraint and understanding take the place of
unreasonable brutality. At last year's festival there
were still a few instances of pilgrim-suspects (!) receiving
harsh treatment from police within the sacred area...]
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