{"id":50568,"date":"2015-12-27T18:26:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T01:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=50568"},"modified":"2015-12-27T18:26:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T01:26:37","slug":"sri-lankan-president-organisers-of-enrique-iglesias-gig-should-be-whipped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2015\/12\/27\/sri-lankan-president-organisers-of-enrique-iglesias-gig-should-be-whipped\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lankan president: Organisers of Enrique Iglesias gig ‘should be whipped’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Raziye Akkoc<\/a>\u00a0Courtesy Telegraph<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Women throwing their underwear at the Hero singer is “most uncivilised” behaviour, Maithripala Sirisena says<\/h2>\n
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The Sri Lankan president has called for the organisers of an Enrique Iglesias concert to be whipped after the “most uncivilised” behaviour from female fans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Maithripala Sirisena said the organisers should be punished after women threw their underwear at the singer in Colombo and he claimed some ran towards the stage to kiss the Hero singer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The singer was performing at a rugby stadium in the capital on December 20 during his ‘Love and Sex’ world tour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The president described how the punishment should be being “whipped with toxic stingray tails”, an ancient punishment, the BBC<\/a> reported. The punishment apparently was used for criminals in medieval Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“This is most uncivilised behaviour that goes against our culture,” Mr Sirisena said at a public meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I don’t advocate that these uncivilised women who removed their brassieres should be beaten with toxic stingray tails, but those who organised such an event should be.”<\/p>\n

In conservative Sri Lankan society, public displays of affection are not culturally acceptable, even for those couples who are married.<\/p>\n