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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11739136" data-attributes="member: 92282">A group of persons identifying themselves as law abiding citizens of  Tangalle, have complained to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) in  writing that there are attempts by some elements with vested interests  to undermine investigations into the killing of  a British national at a  hotel in Tangalle  recently. The letter has been copied to the Attorney General, the secretaries of  political parties, the MPs of the Hambantota District and the British  High Commissioner. The organisation says that the chairman of Tangalle  Pradeshiya Sabha who is the main suspect in this case is under the  patronage of a powerful politician.  The organisation says in the letter, that attempts are being made to  tamper evidence with regard to this case. Soon after the incident, the  hotel management made a statement to the police regarding the alleged  involvement of this person in the case. “It is learnt that the hotel management is under pressure to withdraw the statements made,” the organisation says. Besides, the organisation says that the main suspect’s name was  connected with numerous other crimes in the recent past. Among them is  the gunning down of an elderly woman K.A. Kusumawathi when she was  travelling in a bus along with others to participate in a UNP political  rally in the run up to the 2010 Presidential Election. Also, he had  allegedly been involved in the incidents of opening gunfire at a UNP  rally in Walasmulla on March 4, 2011, and damaging the house of the vice  chairman of the Tangalle Pradeshiya Sabha. Meanwhile, Hambantota District UNP MP Dilip Wedaarachchi said in a  statement that had the law and order machinery been implemented with  regard to these previous crimes, the latest unfortunate incident in  Tanagalle would not have happened. He urged the authorities concerned to  act promptly to bring the perpetrator to book as soon as possible. Also, he commended the statement made by Defence Secretary Gotabhaya  Rajapaksa that an independent inquiry would be conducted into the  matter. Mr. Wedaarachchi charged that this Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman and others  around him had terrorised the entire Tangalle area, and the recent act  of killing a British national and causing grievous injuries to his  Russian girlfriend would strike a severe blow to the tourism industry.“Is this the way Sri Lanka is being made the wonder of Asia?” he asked. DM</blockquote>

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