A Watchful Citizen with a Memory Longer Than the SIS's File Cabinet
(Lanka-e-News -16.April.2025, 10.15 PM) Tomorrow at 7 p.m., under the soft lights of Ada Derana’s Hyde Park special, Sri Lanka will be treated to a televised conjuring act worthy of Las Vegas. But instead of card tricks and disappearing doves, this primetime spectacle will feature none other than Professor Rohan Gunaratna—Sri Lanka’s self-styled terrorism whisperer—parroting pre-approved lines to cleanse the soiled reputation of Major General Suresh Shaleh, the man critics now say should be listed under “masterminds of 21st-century false flags.”
Yes, you read that right. The man once tasked with guarding the nation from threats foreign and domestic, and who somehow managed to lose track of eight coordinated suicide bombers while allegedly sipping Ceylon tea in a fortified bunker, is now reportedly playing executive producer on national television.
Sources confirm that General Suresh Shaleh, former Director-General of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), is the unseen puppeteer behind this Hyde Park production. The same Shaleh whose name now arises in whispers—then louder—in intelligence briefings, foreign dossiers, and parliamentary corridors, as the alleged architect of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. Not merely a passive observer, but an alleged orchestrator of the bloodiest post-war day in Sri Lanka.
The script is simple: Send in Professor Rohan, Sri Lanka's international terrorism brand ambassador, to soothe the nerves of a nation increasingly suspicious of official narratives. His mission? To debunk, discredit, and distract. Discredit Lanka e-News, social media revelations, and every intrepid investigator daring to ask why Zahran Hashim, a fringe preacher from Kattankudy, was treated like a VVIP asset by intelligence handlers.
In fact, it now emerges that Zahran, far from being a rogue Islamist, was allegedly nurtured, trained, and tactically managed by the intelligence unit under Shaleh himself. A Frankenstein’s monster let loose—not for Allah, but for a political resurrection project that needed chaos to cement control.
And that’s not a blogger’s conspiracy—it’s part of an intelligence report handed to the current NPP-led administration by a “neighboring country.” Which neighbor, you ask? Well, let’s just say it’s the one that knows a thing or two about strategic depth and South Asian realpolitik.
The same report ties the Easter operation’s financing to a colorful coalition of gentlemen: Sajjad Masoom, M.J.M. Musamil, and a curious meeting at the Sri Lankan High Commission in Malaysia where introductions were allegedly made between Zahran and his invisible godfathers.
Shaleh was reportedly the concierge.
The funding, the ideology, the logistics—all laid out like a military manual with a political footnote. And the sign-off? The Rajapaksa inner circle. Notably Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who’s now reportedly rehearsing the line: “I was misinformed.”
So, when Dilith Jayaweera, the media mogul with a bent for boutique nationalism, greenlights a Hyde Park show for Professor Rohan to "debunk the lies," let’s be clear: This is no journalistic endeavor. This is not journalism; it is crisis management in HD.
One wonders if Dilith, now a budding political operator himself, received the same nudge that once moved newspapers to kill stories and editors to resign. Or is it just the old boys’ club extending professional courtesy to the architects of controlled chaos?
Before Professor Gunaratna waxes lyrical tomorrow, it’s worth asking: From which institution did he obtain his doctorate? How many academic peers actually cite his work? What journal of repute carries his analysis?
Because when you wear the "counter-terrorism expert" hat to whitewash intelligence sins, your academic laundering credentials matter.
Word is, Sri Lankan authorities are preparing to question the professor—on his degrees, his affiliations, and possibly, his complicity in spreading disinformation under official guidance.
There’s an old saying: “A lie repeated once becomes a mistake. A lie repeated a hundred times becomes doctrine. A lie repeated a thousand times becomes state policy.”
Tomorrow’s Ada Derana telecast may be yet another chapter in the doctrine—a desperate attempt to manufacture credibility in the face of unraveling truth.
But history has a nasty habit of catching up with even the best-funded lies.
And no amount of prime-time puffery can bury the facts now rising from the depths—facts that connect Suresh Shaleh, Zahran Hashim, and the political class that bet on blood to win power.
As for Professor Rohan Gunaratna, tomorrow may not just be a televised lecture—it may well be the opening statement in his own cross-examination.
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