VIP prisoners at Welikada get home comforts
Prison authorities are getting more and more accustomed to hosting ‘VIP’ prisoners with the latest addition to the spate of members of the former regime to be in the lock up at the Welikada Prison being UPFA MP Namal Rajapaksa.
The former President’s son who was remanded on Monday had to be provided with a mattress, a luxury not accorded to “ordinary” poisoners, following complaints that he was suffering from a back pain, Usually prisoners are provided with only a mat and a pillow, but in the case of the junior Mr. Rajapaksa, on medical advice, he was given permission to bring a mattress from outside, a prison official said.
Mr Rajapaksa listed as remand prisoner ‘5502’ is held in a separate cell while the ward has about 30 other suspects including those held for drug offences. The same cell was where his brother Yoshitha Rajapaksa was held earlier.The remand prisoners are usually locked up in their cells at night and only can come out to the corridor at the time when they can meet the other prisoners.Some 30 prisoners in the ward share one toilet. In the adjoining cell is National Freedom Front spokesman Mohamed Muzzamil who is in remand custody over an allegation of misuse of State vehicles.
Mr. Rajapaksa has opted to obtain his meals from home as remand prisoners are allowed to get meals from outside.He has been having a stream of visitors including members of the joint opposition and UPFA members with the Government.
“I was told that Namal keeps himself occupied by doing Yoga exercises”, former Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said.
(Source: The Sunday Times – By Jayantha Samarakoon)
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Has this VVIP prisoner backed his claims of ‘back pain’ with authentic medical evince of diagnosis?
Have the Prison’ s Doctors investigated the medical condition of this person and confirmed the medical evidence provided?
SL’s prison systems are so rotten that I suggest Prison Authorities take a wing of a 5 star hotel on lease to house these so-called VVIP’s.
The social desegregation in SL based on wealth and power are disgusting. Aren’t we all equal in the eyes of the law?
Well If you do deceive people and the Constitution you have to pay it back one way or the other. Let this be a good example for others. You may bye Lamborghini etc at the expanse of poor tax payers , but when these evil things fall back on you feel the gravity of your sin.
capital punishment should be give to these guys hard labor should be given so that they will feel the pain of the poor man of whom the money they stole from, put them to break rocks build roads clean drains just as they put the Arm forced to do these things for them. Its only then that justice would have been served to them.
I am tending to believe that remanding the Rajapaksa’s is a political witch-hunt.
There are many persons who were Ministers in the Rajapakasa Government with significant alleged corrupt activities who are Ministers in the Yahapalana Government. These persons are free birds with no investigations or charges against them.
Had the Rajapaksa brothers decided to join the Yahapalana Government, they would have been free birds too.
have patients Mr. Anthony, Have you not heard the saying what goes around comes around all corrupt officials will pay for their sins otherwise there is no religion
Anthony. You are right. It is nothing but a witch hunt. If these jokers are serious about giving the people justice for crimes that are supposed to have committed ( innocent until proven guilty) these should have been resolved long ago.
Some one said have patience. The tune sung by the current regime prior to election was that they had all the proof to put the whole Rajapakse clan behind bars,. What happened to the hotel that the Rajapakse’s were supposed to own in Dubai. Where did it go? Did it dissapear?.
Then a gain you can not throw stones at others when you live in a glass house. What action is been taken for the Central bank bond deal. I have asked this question time and time again and I ask again what did My3 do all the while he was MR’s right hand. Did he not realize for 8 and a half years or so that MR and or his family were crooks. Did it take the promise of the presidency for him to wake up to the crimes happening next to him.