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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gayendra9*9" data-source="post: 8028661" data-attributes="member: 128550">Deputy Minister Mervyn Silva tied a Pradeshya Sabha member to a mango  tree a short while ago over his failure to attend a dengue prevention  programme in Kelaniya last week.        The official was however later released while two other women were also  reprimanded by the Deputy Minister over their failure to attend the  same programme.        The Deputy Minister also severely warned one of the lady officers after  she raised her strong objections in seeing the male Pradeshya Sabha  member being tied to a tree.        The Deputy Minister warned her to be quiet if not suffer a similar fate.         Deputy Minister Silva said the officials were reprimanded following the  death of a child in the Kelaniya region after contracting dengue. The  man who was tied to the tree however said he could not attend the event  as his child was ill the day the programme was conducted.          The event took place amidst the presence of journalists who were invited by the Deputy Minister to witness the incident. (Daily Mirror online)[ATTACH]16852[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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