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Colombo, Dec 19 (Daily Mirror) - Condemning the recent remarks by Public Security Minister Tiran Alles on eliminating underworld and drug operatives on sight, legal experts of the bar yesterday said Sri Lanka is not a police state to eliminate criminals when a legal system is in place.
President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) Attorney Kaushalya Nawaratne told the Daily Mirror it was a very serious statement made by the country’s Public Security Minister and they strongly oppose it.
“How can a senior minister make such a statement in public when there is a governance system in the country held by the executive, legislature and judiciary. This is not a police state to shoot and kill persons on sight when a legal system is in place,” the BASL President said. He pointed that this will lead to instances in future where even innocent people would be framed with drugs for being mere political opponents and eliminated.
“We are discussing at the BASL to take strong measures for this statement and also for his remarks on lawyers appearing for drug lords. It is a globally accepted norm that the lawyers in the nature of their profession could appear for any suspect,” Attorney Nawaratne said.
Meanwhile, ex-BASL President Saliya Pieris PC told the Daily Mirror that encouragement of extra judicial killings by any Minister or official cannot be condoned. The danger in permitting or encouraging police officers to commit unlawful killings is that corrupt police officers and politicians will do so to target their opponents and to hide their own criminal activities. “Time and again the Supreme Court has strongly condemned extra judicial killings. Police officers responsible for custodial deaths have been ordered by courts to pay compensation for fundamental rights violations. Sometimes police officers involved in custodial deaths have been jailed or even sentenced to death. I have come across police officers who obeyed illegal orders of their superiors and fell into trouble. When that happens the superiors and the politicians whose illegal orders they obeyed are not around to save them,” Counsel Pieris said.
Minister Tiran Alles at a Community Police meeting held in the South over the weekend warned all underworld and drug operatives to surrender or face death by police as a special mission was launched to eradicate the on going crime wave.
mohandev Tuesday, 19 December 2023 01:42 PM
Are underworld legal experts voicing their independent concerns? in this country where law
Samantha Wednesday, 20 December 2023 02:47 AM
What you mean by “underworld legal experts” ? Can you tell us the difference between underworld and real world legal experts?
Ram Tuesday, 19 December 2023 01:54 PM
Minister Alles is a traitor who should have been charged for carrying money to LTTE. He himself admitted that. What more can we expect from such a person.
Ram Tuesday, 19 December 2023 01:56 PM
Recent exposure about Minister Alles' assets makes him liable to be investigated. Can we expect justice from such a person who appear to have violated the laws of our country
Hadam Tuesday, 19 December 2023 02:17 PM
Tiran is the biggest con artist, his name was mentioned in Pandora Papers for owning shell companies and illegal properties around the world. If anyone should be shot on sight it should be Tira Alles.
Dee Tuesday, 19 December 2023 02:20 PM
Legal experts from Madagascar!
Longodn Akka Tuesday, 19 December 2023 02:27 PM
Grand master.
Rahal Tuesday, 19 December 2023 02:44 PM
Minister alles is trying to take law into his hands, this is not a jungle, we are a civilized nation
Gune Tuesday, 19 December 2023 02:45 PM
Alles should be first and foremost investigated and held accountable for hiding offshore wealth
Nadi Karunaratne Tuesday, 19 December 2023 03:09 PM
We can't expect the politicians and law enforcement to investigate the nexus between narcotics and themselves. However that would be a good place to start to eliminate the scourge. We do have rather a lot of experience in extra-judicial killings.
UAli Tuesday, 19 December 2023 03:18 PM
Is there any possibility to have parallelism between his name appearing on Pandora papers and his command to annihilate all drug dealers in the country
Mynapala Bambarakeliya Tuesday, 19 December 2023 04:12 PM
Do we have a legal system? A big thief is the legal minister! We must close this Law School first and then run the country!
All Blacks Tuesday, 19 December 2023 04:18 PM
Tax evading, corrupt lawyers, a few corrupt judges, courts cases that take decades to conclude, AGs office having supporters who help drug lords who are caught to get bail and flee the island (Kanjipani) the massive social damage drug addiction brings about. When considering all of these, the politically motivated BASL is another black pot calling the kettle black and police should do what is best for the nation.
Gamini Tuesday, 19 December 2023 09:28 PM
This is illegal. This will eventually lead to shooting of aragalayos at site. They will justify this in a similar way. This has been the trend of the this gestapo. Once people get used to something they tighten further.
Mohamed Burhan Tuesday, 19 December 2023 09:29 PM
With extreme respect to the Lawyers and judiciary and also bow down to what they say in the article. A security Minister like SmMr.Tiran Alles would have said he can eliminate an underwold drug pin which is why he is chosen by the Govt.sometimes eliminate can be interpreted as arresting the suspect interrogating him to get information in the Police way you and I and every one knows.Down the line this suspect can be brought to courts for justice and can get killed in a raid to apprehend him or killed trying to run!! Security Minister has his plans,ideas and strategies with his snr.police officers to put law and order under control in a country where he himself has to safe guard his life in this sinister ans cruel world where an underworld drug pin is well protected by influential people mostly prevalent in the past in South American countries.Please take this as a fair comment and I am not finding fault with any one .The security Minister should be given full powers to bring law and o
Jayantha Tuesday, 19 December 2023 09:39 PM
It has two sides. Legal system will loose faith unless the legal processes are speeded up and justice is met. For example take how long some simple cases get dragged on. Problem is with the parliment. All these time how many lawyers were in parliment and specially on government sides. These crooks have not done much to draft new laws and update so that courts will spees up processes. Instead has allowed time wastage of people. Also take how long the land related cases on. Why cannot the parliment draft straight forward laws making it easier for judges so that cases will not get dragged on. At the next parliment do not send any lawyers instead send experienced talented youngesters from various other fields.
sam silva Wednesday, 20 December 2023 08:10 AM
duete in philipines did it and had a tremendous success. in a country where there is NO JUSTICE, this draconian approach is the best solution. besides corrupt lawyers like SALIYA PIERIS thrive on drug lords defending them
Worried about loss of clients? Wednesday, 20 December 2023 09:01 AM
It is very strange that the threat has sent jitters down the spines of BASL members, while the perpetrators sit non-cholent, or continue regardless.
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