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1. NeelaMahaYoda Says:
   August 2nd, 2015 at 8:19 am

   In the first eight years of independence, life was cushy for the Westernised in Ceylon. “People accepted our Western culture and way of life, our class system that matched that of our Colonial masters, and the dynasties that stayed in power, ruling and guiding our destinies,
   Rear Admiral Royce de Mel, the 6th.defendent, was the country’s Naval chief, and his brother, Col. Maurice de Mel, the 2nd defendant, was the Chief of Staff of the Army, the second-in-command. Tony Anghie, 11th.defendent, and Nimal Jayakody 10th.defendent, were Sandhurst trained.

   CC “Jungle” Dissanayake, the 4th.defendent, was a top ranking police officer. Basil Jesudason, a Volunteer Corps officer, and the 15th.defendent, was in a high position in the private sector. Rodney de Mel, the 24th.defendent, was a planter.

   All of them were Anglophiles, who were also deeply disturbed by the change in the culture of Ceylon after 1956, when the “Sinhalisation” of the island began, and when the hoi polloi from the rural backyard stormed into the bastions of power in Colombo.

   They are trying it again this time with RANIL

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