Samurdhi officers to protest against police inaction
Samurdhi Officers in the Polonnaruwa district will stage a token strike tomorrow to protest against the attack on them in Medirigiriya by UNP supporters.

A spokesman for the Samurdhi animators told The Sunday Times police had not acted impartially to mete out justice to the victims with a number of suspects still at large.

A list of 39 suspects who attacked Samurdhi animators had been forwarded to the police but only 27 had been arrested, he said.

"The purpose of the protest is to force police to arrest the other suspects and urge them not to cow down to political pressure," the spokesman said. "If police are unable to take necessary actions even after the protest, we ourselves will go to courts seeking justice," he said.

Last week, the police were criticised by the Medirigiriya magistrate for the manner in which it handled the case.

But Medirigiriya police said that they had arrested all the suspects and rejected the claim that 12 more suspects were still at large.

Meanwhile, the Samurdhi Movement has sent a letter to the President appealing to her to intervene and help them obtain justice.

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