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Sri Lankan Army Chief threatens mass beheadings of those who seek independent Tamil eelam Empty Sri Lankan Army Chief threatens mass beheadings of those who seek independent Tamil eelam

Post by Kayalvizhi Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:56 pm

“The message we give to the masses here is that as long as the people do politics or related activities within the democratic framework, we all can live happily. Instead, if anyone deviates from it and becomes extremists or tries to divide the country, it is not the country that will be divided, but their heads that will be severed from their bodies,” the 20 th Commander of the Sri Lankan army has said.

“In other functioning democracies, an army commander speaking publicly about beheading the people could have earned him a prolonged jail sentence. Unfortunately in Sri Lanka, it is seen as heroism and patriotism,” a lawyer in Colombo said.

Another legal expert, who is currently on a visit to European countries, said that as the head of the Army, Lieutenant General Ratnayake has all the right to talk about the safety and security of the country within the legal means, “but publicly talking about beheading simply amounts to a criminal threat”.

This threat to behead supporters of Tamil Eelam come at a time TNA has won a landslide victory in the election and Sri Lankan government accuses it of supporting Tamil Eelam.

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