We\nsure hope the Swiss will not be caught doing a Rajitha on Sri Lanka\u2019s new Govt?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Doing\na Rajitha is what we now call the fake white van story using a dressed up\ndriver. Humour aside, the Swiss claims an injustice has happened to its local\nstaffer, who is a Sri Lankan citizen so we are all naturally concerned because\nshe is a Sri Lankan citizen. We are no investigators but we don\u2019t like the\nnegative and biased publicity against Sri Lanka by very unfair remarks made by\nSwiss authorities and their silence in correcting distortions spread via\ninternational media. This is why we are asking questions that the international\nreaders should also be thinking about without accepting the lies spread regarding\nthis supposed \u2018temporary kidnapping\u2019 & questioning. Up till 30th<\/sup>\nNovember, the Swiss did not say anything about her being \u2018ill\u2019 (5 days after\nthe temporary kidnapping) but we predicted this would be the likely excuse the\nSwiss embassy would give. We also predicted the likely scenario of transporting\nher & family to Switzerland and now 1st<\/sup> December the Swiss makes\nrequest to \u2018air ambulance\u2019 her! So case gets closed with international\ntarnishing campaign done against Sri Lanka. Sorry, but Sri Lanka is not ready\nto be humiliated until we come to the bottom of this. Whoever has done this \u2013 we want to know who it is and we don\u2019t care who\nit is \u2013 we just want to know who!<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n This\nwoman is a local recruit. She therefore, has no diplomatic immunity. She cannot\nbe kept by force inside an embassy compound. Keeping her inside the embassy compound since 25th<\/sup> November\n2019 is a fundamental rights violation<\/strong>. What about her family? Are they\ninside too? If not, this family has every right to see their daughter, mother,\nwife! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Why was she not allowed to leave the\nembassy compound since 25th<\/sup> November? <\/strong>The embassy could have requested police escort to\nher home which the Foreign Ministry would have obliged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Why did the world get to know this \u2018temporary\nkidnapping\u2019 only via a web portal? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Why did the Swiss Foreign Ministry\nmake a statement only on 27th<\/sup> November?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Why is the Swiss authorities denying\nSri Lankan police to question her? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nSwiss officials can be present at questioning \u2013 they can even hire a lawyer for\nher! <\/p>\n\n\n\n If\nthe abductors knew her identity enough to abduct her, only we the innocent\npublic don\u2019t know who she is, so what\u2019s the problem? If the CID abducted her\nthen they would know her identity, but given that the police don\u2019t know who she\nis, that leaves out any CID abducting her! The Sri Lanka Foreign Ministry may\nhave a list of staff and probably that will include her name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How did a local recruit get to handle\nsuch important subjects as handling files of people discretely being helped out\nof Sri Lanka by a foreign embassy in exchange for sensitive information! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\ntruth of this will come out only during next Geneva sessions. So we await to\nsee what the West will use against Sri Lanka using information handed by\nNishantha Silva in exchange for asylum! <\/p>\n\n\n\n After 5 days since the incident happened the Swiss\nembassy says due to a deteriorating health condition, the victim is currently\nnot in a state to testify\u201d. How did her health \u2018rapidly deteriorate\u2019 an ailment\nthat the Swiss did not inform on 26th<\/sup> Nov, 27th<\/sup> Nov, 28th<\/sup>\nNov, 29th<\/sup> Nov and only on 30th<\/sup> Nov the Swiss say her\nhealth is \u2018rapidly deteriorating\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If the woman is ill after being asked to give a statement\nit is only right that Sri Lankan medical attention is given to her immediately.\nHas the Swiss embassy given her medical attention? If not why? Shouldn\u2019t the\npolice seek magistrate intervention for both questioning and examination of\nthis Sri Lankan citizen by a Sri Lankan doctor?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Swiss Embassy Colombo, don\u2019t get us wrong, but as\nmembers of the general public, we want to certainly find out who did this and\nour questions are only based on what your embassy, your western media and\nothers are publicly stating. We are only breaking down what is in public domain\nand asking questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If\nshe was put into a car, blindfolded, where was the car heading, whereabouts\nGregory\u2019s Rd did this kidnapping take place \u2013 this is where some 100 US Marines\nare also residing. Was she walking from her car to the Embassy or was she\ncoming by bus and walking down the road when the car came to abduct her? Did\nshe scream, refuse to get in or was she dragged inside the car and how many did\nshe see inside before she was blindfolded, if at all that too took place. Why\ndid no one see all of this drama happening? What time did it happen? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Where\ndid the car drop her off – before the embassy, after the embassy or on another\nstreet? Did they take her belongings, did they steal her money or did they take\nher phone? Or was it just a nice tete-a-tete. We are dying to hear what she was\nasked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Island newspaper now reports of\nthe Swiss requesting an \u2018air ambulance\u2019 which in other words imply to be flown\nto Switzerland where she will join Nishantha Silva & family, a naval\nofficer and probably scores more of others who have fled Sri Lanka for refuge\nin Switzerland the supposed to be \u2018NEUTRAL\u2019 country!<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Island newspaper\nalso says Sources said that Norwegians\nwere among those who secretly moved out Sri Lankans, including LTTE cadres over\nthe years. Sources recalled how Rajapaksa administration sought an explanation\nfrom former Norwegian Ambassador in Colombo Hilde Haraldstad regarding\nclandestine moving of Sri Lankans via the BIA\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n So the Swiss wants to end this drama by simply\nclaiming she is sick and flying her off to Switzerland. Move over Hollywood! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n So she isn\u2019t in a condition to answer a few questions\nbut she is well enough to fly to Switzerland the fastest of flight times is\n14hours, longest being 32 hours! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nSri Lanka Foreign Ministry must understand the bigger picture here \u2013 it\u2019s not\njust immigration formalities. This incident cannot be allowed to be swept under\nthe carpet by simply allowing this local recruit to leave the country along\nwith her family after making accusations which have now spread across the\nworld. <\/p>\n\n\n\n