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| Friday, 4 June 2004 |
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by Wasantha Ramanayake The Supreme Court fixed for support a Fundamental Rights petition of Uruwarige Kekula, a Sri Lankan aborigine from Damana, Mahiyangana, against Mahiyangana Police who had allegedly remanded him when he confessed his inability to make a statement in Sinhala. Uruwarige Kekula of Damana, Mahiyangana in his petition to the Chief Justice alleged that ceratin Police officers at Mahiyangana Police Station, had kept him in the Police cell for more than five hours when he refused to make a statement in Sinhala rather than in his indigenous language. Uruwarige Kekula stated that he was arrested on December 26, 2003, along with seven others on a complaint by the postman in the area. He stated that the postman harboured an animosity toward the petitioner for allegedly exposing his illegal activities to newspapers. The petitioner claimed that although he could understand Sinhala, he was not fluent. Police had threatened him to make the statement in Sinhala, and subsequently put him in the cell. He stated that Police had violated his right to work in his own language and sought Rs. one million as compensation. The case was fixed for support for July 21. |
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