Wimal claims cops bribed

7 July 2010 05:21 am

By Lakna Paranamana


Government Minister and National Freedom Front (NFF) Leader Wimal Weerawansa, speaking to reporters a short while ago, claimed that a UN representative had bribed the police yesterday during the protest opposite the UN office in Colombo.

The Minister claimed that as a result of the bribe the police had assaulted the protestors yesterday injuring some of them.

However when contacted by Daily Mirror online police spokesman SP Priyashantha Jayakody said that if there are such claims then the NFF can go before the bribery commission and lodge a complaint against the said police officer.

Weerawansa meanwhile also warned that the NFF will launch a fast unto death with the support of protestors from around the island, if UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon fails to reconsider his move to appoint a three member panel on Sri Lanka. (Daily Mirror online)