A
disappointed man
Former CID boss Punnya de Silva who joined the private sector was
a disappointed man. He had his ceremonial send-off many weeks after
quitting the service. The gala event was with much fun-fare and
cameramen from the Police video unit were on hand to record what
seemed a historic event.
Alas
- when the former CID big boss who was in charge of Field Force
Headquarters later checked out all the video footage, the tapes
were blank. That was not the only blank that was to hit the former
DIG. Another came in his immediate private sector assignment. The
big boss there asked him to leave and paid him an additional month's
salary .
It seemed giving directions from that private sector company to
CID bosses did not pay any dividend.
Talk
show surprises
Live television political debates spring surprises from
time to time. Last week such a show on a state run TV station resulted
in much controversy. First it was the non-presence of Chief Opposition
Whip Mahinda Samarasinghe at the discussion that caused the stir.
The moderator noted that he had been informed less than an hour
earlier that Mr.Samarasinghe would be present on the show but instead
another UNPer Kabeer Hasheem showed up. This gave rise to many rumours
including that the Opposition Whip has been asked not to attend
by the UNP leadership. Mr. Hasheem's explanation was that the party
normally has three members standing by and if one cannot attend
another one will.
Inquiry
into impersonation
Later into the show there was more controversy.
A man allegedly claiming to be Small and Rural Industries Minister
K.D. Lal Kantha made a phone call to the show where the JVP General
Secretary Tilvin Silva too was a participant. Soon it transpired
that the caller was not the Minister and now he has lodged a complaint
with the CID.So now the TV show has become the subject of a police
inquiry.
Troublesome
trio
Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera blamed three persons
in the Opposition benches of making false allegations against the
Government saying it was not providing tsunami aid. He did not name
them but only described them as the vicious dentist, the bent professor
and the crooked trawler owner. It wouldn't take a genius to guess
who the trio was, but blaming all the Government's woes on the opposition
doesn't work for long. |
