Female hotel officer injured after alleged abuse by Polish tourists

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By Indika Sri Aravinda

Colombo, January 29 (Daily Mirror) - A female Executive Public Relations Officer at a leading five-star hotel in Wadduwa has reportedly fallen ill after an incident in which she was allegedly abused by a group of Polish nationals.

On January 19, a group of Polish nationals, reportedly intoxicated and naked, were in the hotel's swimming pool when they allegedly pushed the 40-year-old officer into the pool.

The fall caused her to suffer fractured bones and difficulty in breathing.

She was admitted to Panadura Base Hospital, where she is currently receiving treatment.

The officer, a resident of Panadura, had reportedly asked the group of tourists to leave the pool. When one of the Polish nationals became angry, he had allegedly pushed her into the pool, resulting in her injuries.

It has been revealed that the group of Polish nationals has since left the country.

The hotel management has not adequately addressed the female officer’s concerns following the incident.

A complaint has been filed with the Panadura Headquarters Police, and the Presidential Secretariat has also been informed.

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B P Wednesday, 29 January 2025 12:57 PM

A country which has so many resources that could earn foreign exchange respectfully, is trying to earn it by using cheap ways - tourism and housemaids.

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හම සුදු ඇති කළු ගති ඇති Wednesday, 29 January 2025 10:37 PM

Hotel management of all hotels must learn not to bend on your knees in front of tourists. Not all white people are white in their behavior and character.

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Amaran Thursday, 30 January 2025 12:34 AM

This NPP government's knowledge is NOT good enough to bring foreign exchange. All what they know is "tourism". AKD's exposure to business, sources to attract FOREX are very much limited. He was speaking about "EXPORT ZONES" during presidential election. Has he created any such ZONES so far?

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Yohan Wednesday, 29 January 2025 01:01 PM

Why hotel mangement neglected the incident. They should have immediately lodge a complain with the local police and got a travel ban on tourists. Now they have fled the country without any action. At least now black list those guys passports as wanted criminals and inform the polish government officials and european union officials as well. Sometimes they will take action considering the affected victim is a woman

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Truth Wednesday, 29 January 2025 02:30 PM

Christian White Europeans are powerful and we can't do anything against them. We have to live with this.

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Dinesh Wednesday, 29 January 2025 05:42 PM

Sue the hotel for a large sum of money teaching a lesson to the whole industry to take swift action.

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citizen Wednesday, 29 January 2025 08:12 PM

Hotel management should be hauled before the courts for failing to protect their employee and having these hooligans arrested immediately. Were they more worried about bad publicity and loss of earnings than the wellbeing of their staff? If we dont repect our own citizens and protect them, how can we expect others to respect us. It is not too late yet. The government should instruct the Sri Lankan Ambassador in Poland to file a case against the hooligans there so that they are punished.

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S P Wednesday, 29 January 2025 10:27 PM

Totally agree. Tourists once in this country must respect our law just like the locals. The ‘colour of the skin’ does not matter. We are a polite nation and welcoming hosts but taking advantage of that and having a boorish behaviour is a no no. By the way Poland is not a ‘poor’ country and I had many polish colleagues working with me. They are pretty decent people!

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Mahila Friday, 31 January 2025 01:26 AM

First and foremost, doe we have Law and order for "LOCALS", to claim that foreigners and Tourists must follow!!?? Else, is it the Law of the Jungle as enforced by 'MEDAMULANA, BOTHALE, HORAGOLLA, WALAUWE' etiquette and codes determined from time to time, to suit their diverse objectives!!?? Not at all suggesting or even imagining, that they employed such techniques as Swimming in the 'NUDE', in their Residential Swimming pools, which at present is only speculative at best and an indeterminate!!?? God Bless!!??

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Dr Tissa Fernando Wednesday, 29 January 2025 11:58 PM

@Truth you may be part of hotel management, why were these tourists arrested ? Regardless of their power, a crime has been committed, what if she died because of this fall. Since the hotel has all the information about out these tourists they should file a case against them for attempted murder. But , not sure if western boot lickers in the government will do that. But Mr Truth your attitude is more like a boot licker.

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John Frazer Wednesday, 29 January 2025 01:06 PM

WAS THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT WAS SLEEPING . IF THAT WAS HAPPEND IN A WESTERN COUNTRY ALL WOULD HAVE CHARGED FOR SEXUAL HARRASMENT AND ARRESTED. WHY OUR COUNTRY IS STILL BACKWARD?

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Chris Thursday, 30 January 2025 06:24 AM

Why don't they name the hotel??

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Culprits must be punished Wednesday, 29 January 2025 01:23 PM

Our govt must contact the Polish police and complain to them about this incident.

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Justice must be done Wednesday, 29 January 2025 03:12 PM

If the hotel management is keen to put things right, they should work with the law enforcement authorities and the legal system to obtain an arrest warrant against the culprits to have their arses thrown in jail! Let this be an eye opener to the rest of the wannabe hooligans who exploit innocents.

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Neelgampa Friday, 31 January 2025 12:38 PM

If hotel management not taken action means this management is not any interest regarding the their follow workers, very sad news.

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Sri Lankan Wednesday, 29 January 2025 01:26 PM

Poland is one of the poorest countries in Europe , here in Britain most of them work as labourers and street cleaners. The fact is when the polish like all other Europeans travel to non- White countries they get into the superior feeling of " being white ". This "white superiority " is the logical consequence of the White countries ruling the non-White countries for 400 years.

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Mohandev Wednesday, 29 January 2025 01:32 PM

Shame on hotel owners if govt has guts they should impose a severe fine

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Karu Nayaka Wednesday, 29 January 2025 01:38 PM

It means every hotels officer should learn to swim or wrestle to fight back or even rid of the Alcohol from the hotels itself. Choose to accommodate according to.

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Mori Wednesday, 29 January 2025 01:47 PM

Arrest the hotel MD for hiding the truth...

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Subramaniam Wednesday, 29 January 2025 02:01 PM

The hotel management has failed in there duty of care for their employee. They should have complained to the police and stopped the polish from leaving. The clearly put their interests before that of the employee. They will get away with it as people are desperate for jobs.

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wsw Wednesday, 29 January 2025 02:18 PM

Shame on that gutless hotel manager for caving into the tourists and failing to protect their staff. I hope the person concerned pursues this matter right till the end in the name of justice. As for the actions of management, its a typical case of subservient mentality !!

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Yohan Wednesday, 29 January 2025 02:40 PM

True. I think the issue with so called top class hotels, fast food chains and even super mrkets chans are that the top mangement is too stingly so that they hire managers with very poor background, zero to just a couple of yrs experience who are not mature enough to make decisions, ready to work with low salaries and without any proper training. For example look at some of the major super markt outlets, the managers are hardly have any good experience and looks mature enough to handly pressure and take quick actions.

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Zak Wednesday, 29 January 2025 03:53 PM

True, There is a manager at a supermarket outlet along Green Path, Colombo, who has an overly high opinion of himself.

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Jagath Wednesday, 29 January 2025 02:51 PM

All hotel owners in Sri Lanka are a low life , they are so greedy for money that they would even sell their own wives to please the White Tourists. I wish this government NATIONALISE ALL THE HOTELS IN SRI LANKA.

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Rohan Wednesday, 29 January 2025 02:43 PM

Minister of Tourism over to you. Was a complaint being made to the Police regarding this incident? Trying to cover things out decent tourists are certainly not going to spend their holidays here. Management has to be answerable to this. It’s also common sense. To tackle such issues you can’t expect a lady to handle a bunch of drunkards. The lot should be caught and locked up else the management should be thoroughly dealt with.

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Kandaih Balendran Wednesday, 29 January 2025 02:57 PM

What is the hotel ? Shame on the hotel management.

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BuffaloaCitizen Wednesday, 29 January 2025 03:00 PM

First and foremost, arrest the person in the Hotel who failed to report the incident to the Police because he/she may have been bribed by the tourists to hold back until they leave. Second, have the Hotel pay fully for the hospitalization, medical care, salary during recovery period and full injury compensation to the injured staff member. This will teach this Hotel, how it needs to act when it happens next.

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European Wednesday, 29 January 2025 03:03 PM

Truth: please go home!

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Dr. Dee esquire Thursday, 30 January 2025 07:08 AM

Are you a polish laborer on holiday overseas?

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European Wednesday, 29 January 2025 03:04 PM

Sri lankan: please go home!

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M Fernando Thursday, 30 January 2025 03:17 AM

so-called "European" : Go back to where you came from !

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Dr Tissa Fernando Thursday, 30 January 2025 08:43 AM

So, in your country such Crimes are fine [or what? Is that why you ask Sri Lanka to go home?

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European Thursday, 30 January 2025 09:47 PM

I replied Srilankan commenter who is living in the UK.

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5 STAR HOTEL!! WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW THE NAME AND WHO THE OWNERS ARE. Wednesday, 29 January 2025 03:41 PM

THE HOTEL MANAGER AND MANAGEMNT MUST BE BROUGHT BEFORE A COURT OF LAW, THE MANAGER SHOULD BE GIVEN A SEVERE WARNING AND PROBABLY LOSE HIS JOB OR DEMOTED. AS FOR THE MANAGEMENT SHE WAS AT WORK WHEN THIS INCIDENT TOO PLACE, THE MANAGEMENT MUST COMPENSATE THE EMPLOYEED FOR HER PAIN OF MIND, INJURIES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA AND SHE SHOULD ALSO BE GIVEN TIME OFF TO RECOVER AND RETURN TO WORK ALL PAID LEAVE DURING HER ABSENCE. THE MANAGER SHOULD HAVE IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE POLICE AND THE POLICE SHOULD AND WOULD HAVE ARRESTED THE GUY WHO PUSHED HER INTO THE POOL AND LOCKED HIM UP PENDING BRING HIM BEFORE A COURT. IT IS OBVIOUS THE PARTY WOULD HAVE HAD BOUGHT THE BOOZE INTO THE HOTEL AND BEEN CONSUMING IT IN THEIR ROOMS. IF THEY DRANK FROM THE HOTEL BAR, THEY BAR TENDER SHOULD HAVE CUT OFF SERVING TO THEM WHEN HE REALISED THEY WERE INTOXICATED AND IF THEY CREATED A SCENE, THE POLICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED IN IMMEDIATELY.

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karu Wednesday, 29 January 2025 04:23 PM

Where is the Unions ? they should fight for these cases , not for their political agendas or disturbing the economy

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Clueless Wednesday, 29 January 2025 04:03 PM

Problems of over tourism on its way, unless government take action to closely manage this sector.

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Jim Wednesday, 29 January 2025 04:04 PM

Poland is one of the most uneducated, and racist countries in Eastern Europe! We should not allow these Slavic trash into our island. On another note, we do have a polish embassy paid for by the Sri Lankan tax payer!

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Norbert Saturday, 01 February 2025 10:48 PM

Unfortunately, where there is alcohol and idiots, there are problems. I am Polish and I feel sorry for this situation, I hope that the morons from my country will pay for their behavior. Most likely they come from peasant or proletarian families and are treating inferiority complexes. In Poland, such a situation would end in a courtroom and in Poland there is no acceptance for such behavior. I would like to know the names and details of the hotel to publicize this matter in Poland. The world is divided into smart and stupid people and good and bad. Best regards and please forgive, not everyone in Poland is like that

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navratne willamune Wednesday, 29 January 2025 04:44 PM

NAME AND SHAME, the hotel, the public need to know to avoid these places.Colonial subservient mentality has not gone away after 70-odd years

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Concern Being Wednesday, 29 January 2025 04:50 PM

White Superiority? Or Are we still in slavery mindset to obey despite of whatever they do? Shame on the hotel management for hiding the truth and let the offenders leave the country

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Vithura Wednesday, 29 January 2025 05:12 PM

This hotel lady should not have approached the naked swimmers on her own. She should have approached them with hotel security or instructed a male staff to speak to the swimmers. They might have not understood her English. Polish hardly speak English.it’s entirely her fault. She must have enjoyed seeing the naked white ones! She asked for it !!

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M Fernando Wednesday, 29 January 2025 11:59 PM

Typical slave's comment ! Westerners are supreme, right ? Can do anything to us brown natives

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Mohamed Adham Thursday, 30 January 2025 09:06 AM

They should have pushed in your types into the swimming pool, instead. Get a brain scan , chump.

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Unbelievable Wednesday, 29 January 2025 05:16 PM

What a horrific event. How did they flee so fast? As soon as the incident happened police should have been called to the hotel. There would not have been time for drunk and naked tourists to fly out of the country so quickly. The hotel has passport information for reservations, isn't it? Get interpol involved and arrest these sick individuals for attempted murder.

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Nimo Wednesday, 29 January 2025 05:25 PM

Management only heroes with locals Sad but true Typical Sri Lankan mentality

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Kail Rajah Wednesday, 29 January 2025 06:02 PM

If this had happened in the West or Australia, the police would have got involved, arrested the hooligans and taken them to court right away. The victim would have been compensated for injury and humiliation, the accused would have to pay punity damage too. If it is found that the hotel management fell short by their employee, an example of them should be made. This will not be allowed in Canada or the UK where I lived.

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Be Fair Wednesday, 29 January 2025 07:07 PM

Get the Travel Agent and seek compensation and damages. Management has failed to address the issue on Priority. No point shouting, surely they must be looking after the interest of the employee

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Ranga Wednesday, 29 January 2025 07:30 PM

I also had a bad experience by hotel staff when I visited the hotel chain start with letter C when I went there for a day out. The staff was not friendly. This may be the case with this issue.

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Ranjith Wednesday, 29 January 2025 09:47 PM

What was other hotel staff were doing when one of there own colleagues when pushed into the swimming pool and abused, poor mismanagement by the hotel General manager, how did guests leave the hotel , did they settle the hotel bill?

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Dias Pora Wednesday, 29 January 2025 11:17 PM

Authorities must take over and the SL Amb in Poland should get involved and notify the authorities in Poland. I also wonder as to why a female executive was sent to ask a group of intoxicated male guests to leave the pool ? A severe lack of judgement there by the hotel management. Anyways, the hooligans should face the music as their behavior is unacceptable.

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Dilakshan Senevirathne Thursday, 30 January 2025 12:01 AM

The female staff is at fault, because she was trying to do what security should do. She has to bear the consequences. The government cannot do anything for what happened at a private hotel.

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Soori Maripalan Thursday, 30 January 2025 01:48 AM

They are backpacking tourists with white skins! Poor people! SL people worship any whyte!!

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Jeanne Thursday, 30 January 2025 03:41 AM

@Truth @Sri Lankan : your continued obsession with and inferiority complex towards the so-called "White" man is utterly embarrassing. Please refrain from making ridiculous and ignorant comments.

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S.P.Ramkumar Thursday, 30 January 2025 08:23 AM

Authorities must apply Law impartially, law of this Land means anyone does crime in this Country They must be treated impartially.

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S.K Kumara Thursday, 30 January 2025 08:25 AM

The class of tourists coming to the island are ignoble and boorish, attempting to try a 'polish sausage' for breakfast without knowing the level of spice in it will only land you in a hospital bed.

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A Supporter of Employees of Tourism Business Thursday, 30 January 2025 08:45 AM

The Government must not allow abusive tourists to get away with bad behaviour. They MUST be arrested and taken to courts.

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Dr Tissa Fernando Thursday, 30 January 2025 08:48 AM

@SriLankan, this has nothing to do with black and white people .This is a situation where unruly guests misbehaving in a foreign country. Those guys should be criminally charged and the hotel management should behold responsible for not taking the situation in the proper manner.

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KGD Thursday, 30 January 2025 08:58 AM

A trial in absentia is the way to go, this will deter similar behavior in future. In such incidents the manager usually is directed from the very top. A hotel friend called the cops on unruly poweful guest and the hotal found fault, lost his job but he sued and won. You need real character for that. He is now a top hotelier in a foreign country.

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Rishan Thursday, 30 January 2025 09:44 AM

Firstly that lady officer should have informed the manager to ask those foreigners to leave the pool. Secondly there should be male workers during that time. This is a serios crime done by those polish foreigners and hotel management should have informed the police about the incidence to arrest the culprits.

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wsw Thursday, 30 January 2025 10:41 AM

Reminds me of another incident in the past where some morons from Kuwait brought their dog, when approached in the airport for quarantine detention, they ended up assaulting our authorities. I was told, the presiding judge, mildly slapped them on the wrist allowing these clowns to leave with a small penalty. So sad about the predicament of our country.

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A Supporter of Hotel Staff Friday, 31 January 2025 09:02 AM

If the NPP Government does not have courage to take appropriate action against this Polish offenders, it must resign.

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Sri Lanka Tourism Friday, 31 January 2025 09:06 AM

With the recent influx of mainly low budget tourists even from poor war torn countries like Ethiopia Ruwanda Ukraine etc. as seen on youtube we don't have much of a choice to select the rich tourists as they are always seen being inteviewed for some cheap publicity. These low budget tourists know very well we are a poor country and are desperate for their dollars as a result they think they can behave like wild animals A typical example is the recent incident at this tourist hotel where this female hotel officer was pushed into the hotel swimming pool by some intoxicated naked polish men who are supposed to have fled the country. Compared to other countries in South Asia according to statistecs Sri Lanka recieves the least nimber of tourist arrivals. Last year we recieved only 2 million tourists whreas other countries in the region recived more than 10 million tourists in 2024.

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European Friday, 31 January 2025 11:03 AM

Europeans also don't like to be confronted by Russian tourists.

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Seeker33333 Saturday, 01 February 2025 04:54 AM

Polish I'm thinking they're Isrealis most Israeli are from Poland they even carry two passports 1 Israeli and 1 polish passport. This is why we should let these child killers into our country these people will grab our lands for sure. Imagine fleeing Sri Lanka our homeland. It sends chills down my spine.

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Rupert Outschoorn Monday, 03 February 2025 08:34 AM

Only few hotels take action against unruly tourists. The front line staff gets all the abuse.

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