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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 6676360" data-attributes="member: 92282">Court severely reprimands policeA Colombo Court today severely reprimanded the police for not  carrying out their duty by arresting the armed thugs who attacked  civilians during their peaceful march at Hulftsdorp yesterday and said  the police should be ashamed of dancing to the tune of politicians.       Colombo Chief Magistrate Champa Janaki Rajaratne made this observation  when the Colombo Crimes Division OIC Premaratne produced eight people in  Court in connection with the damaging of public and private property  and causing injury to bystanders.      The Magistrate released them on personal bail of Rs.500 each and warned  the police not to mislead the Court by suppressing the truth with the  intention of safeguarding the real culprits.      “The Police Department and the Judiciary are maintained by public funds  and their duty is to serve the public and not to act according to their  whims and fancies,” the Magistrate said.      OIC Premaratne in his report to Court said that those who were arrested  came in a procession to protest the arrest of former Army Commander and  Chief of Defence Staff General Sarath Fonseka.      The OIC said that at that time a group of government supporters who had  gathered near the statue of former president Premadasa retaliated  against the supporters of General Fonseka.      When the Magistrate inquired from the OIC whether there were eye  witnesses to the incident, the Colombo Central Crimes Division ASP  Jayaratne said he witnessed the whole incident and that he advised the  two factions to disperse and desist from violence but as his orders were  not carried out he directed the police to teargas the crowds and fire  water cannons at them.      He also said the pro Fonseka group had not obtained permission to hold  the protest rally. At this point the Magistrate asked him whether the  pro government faction had obtained permission. The ASP unable to answer  her question remained silent.      Counsel Gunaratne Wanninayake appearing for the eight suspects told  Court that the police was misleading it and that the police were  protecting the armed thugs who with UPFA Municipal Councillor Ajantha  Liyanage had attacked the innocent demonstrators.      Mr. Wanninayake said that while the thugs and the police were  assaulting the innocent people the lawyers who were present in Court at  the time had intervened in the name of democracy.      Magistrate Rajaratne ordered the police to arrest the real culprits who  could be clearly identified in the photographs and warned the police to  avoid twisting facts and thereby misleading the Court.      The Chief Magistrate also said that people were free to hold dissenting  political views but the judiciary and the police had to carryout their  duties impartially.<a href="http://www.dailymirror.lk/index.php/news/1579-court-severely-reprimands-police.html" target="_blank">DM</a></blockquote>

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