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An individual who attempted to compel his wife who is employed abroad to return to the country, by way of posing death threats on his five year old son was taken into custody by Kuliyapitiya police today.

The suspect had kept a sharp weapon on his five year old son’s neck and video filmed it and sent it to his wife and the employment agency as well threatening to kill his son and to commit suicide unless she returned to the country immediately.

Kuliyapitiya police that they had initiated investigations on receiving the video from the employment agency and arrested the suspect to prevent any possible danger to the child’s life.

The child who had received injuries, possibly, when the knife was pressed against the neck was admitted to Kuliyapitiya teaching hospital.

The child requested police to allow him to live with his grandmother and not to hand him over to his father who inflicted cruelties on him. The suspect to be produced in court today. (Dinesh Upendra)


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  • Dilshan Perera Sunday, 14 August 2022 02:31 PM

    Absolutely disgusting.. there must be mental illness too that needs immediate treatment..

    DeSilva Sunday, 14 August 2022 02:47 PM

    When married women leave their families and travel thousands of miles to work in another country, they suddenly feel the magical “freedom” which once they had but lost to when they got married. So, this leads to sexual temptations resulting in clandestine affairs with even total strangers. Some of these women enjoying the thrills of illicit sex are not willing to return soon to their families in Sri Lanka. This must have been the basis for the desperate action by the poor husband.

    Labby Sunday, 14 August 2022 03:37 PM

    Although death threats on a 5 year old child is a serious offense and should not be tolerated, it would still be interesting to hear what the man's story is. I suspect he wanted to get the wife down to kill her, not the child.

    Society comes first Sunday, 14 August 2022 04:30 PM

    Recently family protective laws which prevented women who had children under 5 years old from taking up domestic employment overseas was removed. This is harmful for sri lankan families and future generations of children. Re-institute enforcement of the laws. Mothers should not be forced to go overseas in to domestic servitude leaving toddlers and young children behind. A more appropriate cut off age would be 7 years old.

    MrsJeewaniyaK Sunday, 14 August 2022 06:00 PM

    Even if the mother came back, she must seek to get the child away from the wicked father. Government is of course responsible for their allowing mothers with young children to travel abroad. Sri Lanka can't continue to defile our society for the sake of our government foreign exchange craving. No sri lankan overseas would send more than the absolute minimum necessary to sustain family either, while the dollar rate is pegged artificially low by our terrible Central Bank. Black market is over 500 rupees a single US dollar already.

    Mohamed Monday, 15 August 2022 03:29 PM

    I cant imagine, what kind of father he is, for me meaning of my life is my 2 sons.


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