Sri Lankan attacked in Australia

Tuesday, 02 March 2010 14:34

A Sri Lankan man and his Indian wife have been attacked and racially abused in Australia by a group of drunken men, the Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted Australian media reports as saying today.

A group of 25 drunken thugs bashed up 60-year-old Ranjit Sahasranaman, who is married to Indian-origin Agalya Sahasranamn, outside his own home in Carrams Down suburb on Sunday morning, PTI reported.

Sahasranaman, a Sri Lankan national, revealed his over two-and-a-half hour ordeal of how he fought back with the thugs till police arrived and dispersed them.

Sahasranaman, who has lived in Australia for 19 years with his wife and two kids, said he was assaulted and racially abused by the gang of mostly white men who damaged his back fence and gained entry to his yard.

Comments

-123+38 # Guest 2010-03-02 14:40

I HOPE THIS IS NOT IN RESPONSE To WEERAWANSE DEMONSTRATIONS IN CMB

-9+45 # Guest 2010-03-02 14:55

That has nothing to do. You need to understand the context in which happend. Sorry Judge your judgement is incorrect this time. Give up your job.

-10+60 # Guest 2010-03-02 16:27

don't try to blame SL GOV for everything hapenning in the world. :)

For past few months , many indians were attacked in Australia on racial issues

-26+34 # Guest 2010-03-02 17:28

Dont worry Weerawansa is only a card board warrior. His words get evaporated in no time.

-4+50 # Guest 2010-03-02 17:34

It's ridiculous to mix all these things with dirty politics!

-3+16 # Guest 2010-03-02 18:18

What a justifiable reasoning by one of our kind. When we have this kind of people NGOs will become redundant..

-47+25 # Guest 2010-03-02 14:54

IT LOOKS AUSTRALIANS ARE IN THE FOOT STEPS OF THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN SRI LANKA. IS THERE ANY ORGANISATION SIMILAR TO JHU OR NFF OR JVP THERE TOO.

-87+19 # Guest 2010-03-02 15:02

All Sri Lankans living abroad should return to SL and try to develop the country.

Welldone Aussies... Chase all Sri Lankans back to SL.... :)

-13+26 # Guest 2010-03-02 20:40

why? to get harrased by stupid and babarious politicians and their thugs????

-2+8 # Guest 2010-03-03 10:27

Looks like Praz - B got Visa rejection many times ... Dont worry now u can fly to Jaffna if u want.

-6+23 # Guest 2010-03-02 15:03

I think Aussies should do something serious about it else, we might start getting immigrants from there

-6+17 # Guest 2010-03-02 15:05

WHERE CAN WE LIVE HAPPY AND SAFE.

-7+7 # Guest 2010-03-03 08:54

Any where but Sri Lanka.

-11+18 # Guest 2010-03-02 15:15

judge where are you living ? Not in an asylum I guess ! Weerawansa emonstrated against Brits ! This shows the malice.

-2+26 # Guest 2010-03-02 15:16

This is really sad. I hope this doesn't trigger a new wave of violence. Spineless thugs...attaching a 60 year old man.

-47+12 # Guest 2010-03-02 15:20

Srilankan Tamils are killed in their own country and this is one off incident .Indians need to adopt the Austrlaian Culture

-3+11 # Guest 2010-03-02 15:39

This is really scary.

-10+20 # Guest 2010-03-02 15:39

It is very ironic, the gentleman of tamil origin would have gone to Australia on the pretext racial disccremination in Sri Lanka, and to find out that he was beaten up and verbally abused by whites. In one way this is very bad, but on the other hand kind of a "poetic justice"

-12+14 # Guest 2010-03-03 05:02

You have to be a Tamil to understand the meaning of humiliation and official discrimination. It is not the fault of ordinary Singhalese, who are very nice people. We are a cursed race - no place, to live in peace, and no democratic rights to use our language and culture.

-4+7 # Guest 2010-03-03 10:18

how is that poetic justice. Do you know what it means? lol.

Is it poetic justice if you are beaten by your father and you go to police who in turn abuse you?

We sinhalease need to show empathy for Tamils who have gone to Australia because of official discrimination by the governments that we voted in.

-2+3 # Guest 2010-03-03 11:28

Karu,
The majority of the Singhalese are like you but as the pseudo name implies there are few outsiders and sadly they call the shots in this beautiful country".Poetic justice" my foot what a chauvinists feeling/thought

-14+36 # Guest 2010-03-02 15:41

If this happens in Sri Lanka everybody will say discriminating minor community and blame the govet.

-4+15 # Guest 2010-03-02 18:35

well, if the police doesn't take action, or the security forces simply just be spectators then it is the fact.

-9+28 # Guest 2010-03-02 15:48

MR. brown, Mr. Miliband, Mr. Solhiem why not issue a statement condeming this type of act by the ones living in Australi. After all that is also violation of human rights.

-10+19 # Guest 2010-03-02 15:56

Remind thier origin.
Australians: People who were chased from Britain due to their malpractices and indecency. Basically, they were Robbers/Thuggers/Thieves/Killers gangs.

-8+8 # Guest 2010-03-02 16:04

Passing the buck, it is always Indian bias here in Sri Lanka but in the greener pastures it is the colour racism- all brown sahibs are same to the skin heads!

-8+3 # Guest 2010-03-02 16:08

I hope not......

-26+7 # Guest 2010-03-02 16:14

Am pretty sure the cops were from Sri Lanka, Aussie cops wouldn't have taken 2 hrs. to get there. At least if they were they must be emulating their distant cousins.

-26+6 # Guest 2010-03-02 16:30

may these trained by Sri Lankan thugs

-3+12 # Guest 2010-03-02 16:34

I have a question really can we south Asians live in peace and in dignity in whitepeople's countries. sorry still we try to find heaven there.

-1+14 # Guest 2010-03-02 21:22

Yes u can, migrate to wales....and live in cardiff and see!!!!! you will see it for ureself

-10+5 # Guest 2010-03-02 16:43

they might thought he is an south indian or sri lankan shinghles..

-2+12 # Guest 2010-03-02 16:50

DAM THE Aussie was all the time racial Country

-5+12 # Guest 2010-03-02 17:15

Sri Lankans...Try to get help from Aborigines...They are the real owners of Australia !. English invaders still have Chain Marks around their ankles ! .

-9+7 # Guest 2010-03-02 17:30

Finally it happened that there is a racially motivated attack because of indian's inferiority complex. Unfortunately, Lankans look like indians. Unfortunately, we are neighbours to a country like India. Unfortunately, people associate us with a poverty ridden country like India.

-3+23 # Guest 2010-03-02 17:48

Nothing like home!!!! nothing like sri lanka...we reyalize this only when we migrate to western countries!!!!!

-3+12 # Guest 2010-03-02 18:03

you people come and work in sri lanka.

-3+21 # Guest 2010-03-02 18:15

These are the people who advocate us on how to treat minorities. Ironically the victim too seems to be a Sri Lankan Tamil.

-4+5 # Guest 2010-03-02 19:20

This is not State Sponsored my dear... Outsiders are only concerned when the minorities are not taken care by their own Gov.

-4+15 # Guest 2010-03-02 18:32

this is a result of indian excess in australia. because australians cannot distinguish between lankans and indians....unfortunately.

-7+5 # Guest 2010-03-02 19:15

Wi We / - here is a chance for you to show your solidarity for Sri lankan people down under , rather than barking for nothing in front of UK ambassy ,

-4+6 # Guest 2010-03-02 19:20

Is there really a problem in the way certain people conduct there day to day matters that frustrates the locals of that country ? Just think about it......maybe some of the fault lies with the victims themselves.

First and foremost it is important to learn to live with others........blend better with all types of people without grouping together and demanding Eelam would be a good start.

-4+3 # Guest 2010-03-03 10:20

Perhaps we Sinhalease need to feel more empathy for those who left this country due to official discrimination from the governments that we voted in.

-4+8 # Guest 2010-03-02 19:46

I hope authorities will give maximum punishment to the culprits unlike in Sri Lankan thugs who always get away with politicians help.

-3+10 # Guest 2010-03-02 19:50

There's no land like my motherland. Guys why you leave this great country. Come even now and live with our GREAT people.

-9+3 # Guest 2010-03-02 21:09

Mistaken identity

-2+11 # Guest 2010-03-02 21:43

It's a sad reflection on Australian society.

-4+10 # Guest 2010-03-02 22:23

dont mind the fact we are all animals belonging to group called mammals same as gorillas pigs goats. instinct take over intelligence and reason in certain egments of the human race especially under the influence of alcohol drugs. blame no one judiciary of the land must deal with it.

-4+8 # Guest 2010-03-03 03:24

LET US PROTECT OUR OWN MINORITIES, IN OUR COUNTRY, BEFORE POINTING FINGERS AT OTHERS.

-5+4 # Guest 2010-03-03 08:55

BOYCOT AUSTRALIANS........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!

-6+3 # Guest 2010-03-03 09:10

"Gutikanakota thamai Rata mathak wenne"

-1+4 # Guest 2010-03-03 10:00

Perhaps Sri Lankans are not kissing whites hard enough. More you kiss less punishement you get. Minimum salary in Australia can make you rich only in Sri Lanka during your holiday.

-0+2 # Guest 2010-03-03 10:33

No country for OLD man

-0+2 # Guest 2010-03-03 10:36

This is not surprising as there are sympathisers and well wishers for extreme right groups who are anti asian .However politicians like hanson who tried to come on a racial platform was soundly defeated.

-9+3 # Guest 2010-03-03 10:56

We must reply in the same coin to white Australians on our soil. The time has come for a New World Order! End of the White Race now!

-0+3 # Guest 2010-03-04 01:29

Well, this is not new. Australia, unlike Canada or USA, is known to be a very hostile place for immigrants, particularly South East Asians.

-0+1 # Guest 2010-03-04 14:21

One day these tamils who migrated to western countries will realize how good is our mother country Sri Lanka. For peacefull tamils no problem. Only terrorist will have problems. No place for terrorism in Sri Lanka. We invite all peacefull tamils to come back to your mother country and live in harmony with others. you are our brothers and sisters. we have no diference. we love you all. Romba kadalikkam

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