Fight: 9 Police injured in Katunayake

[lkdood]

Nine police officers including DIG Ravi Wijeyagunawardena, two ASP and a OIC were injured during the clash which took place in Katunayake with FTZ workers a short while ago.

The injured policemen are receiving treatment at the Negombo General Hospital, police media spokesman Prishantha Jayakody said.

Fifteen FTZ workers who were injured during the clash with the police are also receiving treatment at the Negombo Hospital.

The police had reportedly used teargas to disperse protesters in Katunayake who were against the proposed private sector pension scheme. A tense situation erupted between the police and protesters as the protesters started throwing stones at the police.

The Katunayake police under the directions of Negombo SSP Chandana Galappaththi are investigating into the clash.

Dailymirror

 

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[Razor338]

unta pension newei denne thiyenne!

 

[lkdood]

anduwa baya wela ?

No private pension for FTZ

The government today decided to exclude the employees of the Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in Katunayake from the proposed pension scheme for private sector workers, Western Provincial Council Minister Nimal Lansa said today.

Mr. Lansa told Daily Mirror that President Rajapaksa contacted him over the phone informed the decision.

The employees of the FTZ held a protest yesterday too against the proposed pension scheme which the government has vowed to bring with amendments. Later, MP Mrs. Sudarshani Fernandopulle, Mr. Lansa and other area politicians raised the matter with the President at a special meeting in Temple Trees

Dailymirror

 

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[lkdood]

Police used live bullets in Katunayake 40+ injured

The Inter Company Employees Union today alleged that live bullets were used to disperse protesters against the private pension scheme in Katunayake this afternoon.

ICEU President Vasantha Samarasinghe said that Trade Union action will be taken and called for the release of protesters in police custody.

More than 40 persons were injured in the police attack and being treated at the Ragama and Negambo hospitals, the ICEU said. The union said that they would continue to escalate action if the government did not withdraw the bill.

The Union also said that the attack was a planned attack and that they had provoked the employees who in turn had retaliated by staging a walk out. The Union said that the employees were then dispersed using tear gas and batons by the police and STF.

Dailymirror

 

[prasadana2]

damn thats so bad ... what to do..

 

[lkdood]

police used rubber bullets

 

[medianet85]

Me pension eka aththatama honda ekakda naraka ekakda???

 

[lkdood]

50 injured around 100 arrested

 

[lkdood]

JVP condemn attack on peaceful protest

 

[SLBlackKnight]

JVP ballo karana wada thama owa

 

[Razor338]

menne mata ekek -rep dila...hena hikanelak ....mokada kondak thiyene ekek nam ahanawa mama ai mage comment eke kale kiyala...mokak hari p...nya buwek innawanam kiyyanne deyak munata kiyapan ,,,....we))ge kollo...ubala amalata monawath kiyagane awoth ammapa ithuru karane thope pawulama p...ryo.
mchn mama mewage comment ekak dunne.....-rep ekak dala mehama kiyala thibuna nisa-
ow umbalage ammawa diya kari wesine hama hilakma kari walin purawagani

 

[lkdood]

Sri Lanka's trade unions on Monday threatened to shut down the free trade zones after clashes between police and worker.

 

[lkdood]

Sri Lankan police say they fired tear gas and guns at unruly protesting workers and some 23 workers and police were wounded in the clashes.

Police chief Mahinda Balasuriya says thousands of workers protested over a government pension proposal Monday. They attacked policemen with sticks and hurled stones at them in the town of Katunayake, about 30 miles from the capital, Colombo.

 

[lkdood]

More than 100 factory workers were hurt in Sri Lanka on Monday as police fired fired live bullets and used teargas to break up protests in the country's main free trade zone, officials said.

Workers pelted stones when police moved into disperse protesters demanding the withdrawal of a controversial pensions bill, a police official said.

"At least one person is in a very serious condition and more than 100 people have suffered injuries," the police official, who did not wish to be named, said. Fifteen constables were also injured.

The teargas upset hives of wasps and caused more mayhem as they stung both protesters and police at Katunayake Free Trade Zone, just next to the country's only international airport, police said.

The street battles blocked the main access road to the airport and forced air travellers to take lengthy detours, police said.

AFP

 

[lkdood]

Breaking news : 230 in hospital, 1 critical මීගමුව රෝහලේ තුවාලකරුවන් 230ක්


කටුනායක උද්ඝෝෂණයේදී තුවාල ලැබූ සේවකයින් 230 දෙනෙකු මීගමුව රෝහලට ඇතුළත් කර ඇති බව රෝහල් ආරංචි මාර්ග පවසයි. එම ආරංචි මාර්ග පවසන ආකාරයට ඉන් එක් පුද්ගලයකුගේ තත්වය බරපතලවේ.

 

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2 police vehicles set on fire

1 jeep & 1 bus

 

[lkdood]

Police says 100+ injured

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