-To crush extremists there must be a proper appraisal of the Diaspora.
(Lanka-e-News -07.Sep.2016, 11.55PM) According to latest developments , the attack launched on Sri Lankan High Commissioner in Malaysia , Ibrahim Ansar and second secretary Majintha Jayasinghe is in furtherance of a ‘contract’ arrangement , and investigations are being launched in that direction , Malaysian security divisions reveal.
So far five suspects have been arrested and remanded
It is being probed whether there was a conspiracy to create communal disturbances in the country between the time of Mahinda ‘s arrival in SL as though he returned after winning the whole of Malaysia , and the attack launched on the SL High Commissioner mentioning the name of Mahinda Rajapakse while leaving the latter alone , a SL security chief revealed to Lanka e news.
The perplexing question is , when such incidents did not take place in countries visited by Mahinda Rajapakse after his defeat where the Tamil Diaspora is in large numbers , why suddenly this violence erupted in Malaysia only ? It is also being highlighted , the K.P. ‘drama’ too was staged in Malaysia , and that should not be ignored during investigations , the security chief pinpointed .
At all events , the Prime Minister (P.M.) and the opposition leader Sampanthan roundly condemned this attack in parliament today, making special announcements separately.
On 2012-09-11 , because of an attack launched on US Consul office in Bengassi , Libya, Christofer Stephens of the Consul office died. He suffered this fate when he was serving for his government in a country where conflict was raging and in a most perilous environment .
Foreign Diplomats have faced such attacks and have also died in many countries of the world . That was while they were discharging their duties duly and lawfully .
Under the Vienna convention of 1961, every government is bound to protect and secure the foreign envoys and diplomatic officers in those countries. Hence , the foreign country should ensure the safety of those Diplomatic officers. The P.M. in his statement today said, Malaysia is bound to protect our High Commissioner .
Our Diplomats have faced attacks on earlier occasions too. One such main incident was that of Chris Nonis , the then Sri Lanka (SL) High Commissioner to Britain during the lawless corrupt Rajapakse regime when he fell victim to an attack launched by the then monitoring M.P. Sajin Vaas (by now a byword for corruption and frauds) of the SL foreign ministry, and a notorious lackey and lickspittle of the Rajapakse regime.
It is noteworthy , no proper legal action was taken against that hooliganism and violence at that time . Chris Nonis had no option than to silently heal his wounds using his own hands.
On two other occasions , LTTE sympathizers attacked the SL foreign diplomatic offices in Germany and Norway during the period of the war .
In the past , the present Ambassador to Israel by being posted to Russia where he was not wanted , had to face the consequences – he was attacked. He went home without his dress on. Similarly ,an officer of SL Embassy in Kenya too was attacked.
In the recent past , the Ambassador to Brazil too was stripped nude when he crept into a place he ought not visit . Interestingly , he is shamelessly and safely still continuing in his post.
The attack on Ansar has another aspect not because the second secretary Majintha left him and ran away , but it concerns the lack of knowledge and knowhow of Ansar regarding his diplomatic duties.
He failed to take security precautions even after being aware of sporadic incidents during several days before , and noticing with his own eyes the protesting groups on the morning of the day of the incident.
Had any persecution taken place involving the ex president or ministers owing to this moron’s negligence and neglect of duties , grave issues could have erupted between the two countries. Based on information received, Ansar being a bootlicking stooge of the Rajapakses , he had acted as pro Rajapakse , and provoked the protestors .In the circumstances , the Malaysian security divisions suspecting that this is a premeditated contract is justifiable.
A SL Foreign Envoy speaking to Lanka e news pointed out , taking this as the cue , there is a likelihood for our SL envoys to get assaulted in other foreign countries too. Particularly in the Middle East and Italy , in the not too distant future , our envoys and officers in those countries will fall victims , because of the appointment of individuals to such posts who are ignorant of their duties , bungling their tasks , showing no concern for the welfare of the people ,shortsighted, profligate and conducting themselves unpatriotically .
Apparently , there is no proper appraisal regarding the Tamil Diaspora among the government officers and the government. Let us cite just two incidents which should bring home to all a proper analysis and mental frame of the Tamil Diaspora.
The first …
During the final week of the war ,when a group of LTTE leaders were cornered , the Diaspora leaders in order to save them had secret discussions with none other than Basil Rajapakse to save those who were surrendering with the white flags .Palitha Kohona who was SL’s permanent representative to the UN then also said, Basil came to an agreement with them , and there is evidence of a Journalist (female) and the UN officials to testify to this.
This discussion was held , two weeks after India had made such a proposal in public , and that was kicked out by the Diaspora. This Diaspora that trusted Basil more than India at that time is now alleging those who secretly surrendered with the white flags had been murdered. At least without secretly surrendering , if the civil population were informed of it publicly , what the Diaspora is now alleging would not have taken place. It is evident from this they have a preference and passion to put through secret and illicit deals with the Rajapakses.
Second reason ……
The Tamil Diaspora that fought tooth and nail amidst the SL government’s stiff opposition , to provide the trapped Tamil civil population with a ship load of medicines , is now not even taking steps to send a parcel of medicines , leave alone a ship load after the end of the war to the Tamil civilians who are now in refugee camps and abysmally suffering for the last so many years.
During the final phase of the war what the Tamil Diaspora did was , instead of sending the millions and millions of rupees they collected to the LTTE who they treated as ‘gods’ kept those in their custody secretly. These are the individuals who are now buying fuel pumping stations , massive shopping complexes and massive mansions in Europe.
The poor Tamil youths who died as suicide bombers are more truthful than the Tamil Diaspora. This does not mean there aren’t any honest individuals among them who are truly craving for reconciliation . Unfortunately they are just a few.
The second generation of the Diaspora is a most racial group . Making Mention of this cannot be avoided. They are by birth citizens in those countries and have no need or motive to send anything to SL. They have no idea whatsoever in this world of the inhabitants of SL. They have formed gangs and are engaged in perpetuating racism and such campaigns in those countries where they are.
No matter what , during the final phase of the war , all the LTTE activists in Europe were using Malaysia for their activities . Yet SL security division and foreign Envoys did not do any monitoring in that direction , and Foreign Envoys with knowledge and knowhow were not appointed. This was a grave lapse on the part of the government.
The politicians , State officials and diplomatic officers should have a proper appraisal of the Diaspora , and that should be done promptly. The ability of the extremist groups to sabotage the reconciliation process cannot be underestimated.
No government should indulge in pampering Tamil or Sinhalese extremists , and they should do their best to ensure against the ordinary people in the middle from being drawn towards extremism . This is the paramount duty of a government. Dilly dallying will only lead to resentment and disappointment among those innocents in the middle , while the extremists get encouraged and strengthened.
The government cannot under no circumstances treat the attack on SL High Commissioner in Malaysia as trifling or belittle it . This is certainly a conspiracy hatched by extremists of both sides. Without extremism there cannot be Sinhala extremism ; and without Sinhala extremism there cannot be Tamil extremism , and vice versa.
Hence , instead of being critical of the Malaysian government , by joining hands with the latter every attempt must be made and every avenue explored to defeat the conspiracies of the extremists and crush them once and for all.
By a special correspondent
Translated by Jeff
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