Sri Lanka MP tied govt worker to tree

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Sri Lanka MP tied govt worker to tree

BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI <cite>
August 5, 2010 - 7:59PM</cite>
<bod> AP

Hundreds of government workers protested against a Sri Lankan government minister who tied an official to a tree as a punishment for failing to attend a mosquito eradication program. The state workers, known as Samurdhi Development officers, attempted to march along a main road on Thursday but were blocked by police at Kiribathgoda on the outskirts of Colombo.

They staged a protest along the side of the road demanding an investigation of Deputy Minister of Highways Mervyn Silva and a public apology from him. "No one has a right to exercise jungle laws," said Jagath Edirisinghe, a spokesman for the state workers. He said the group would launch an island-wide protest campaign if its demands aren't met.

On Tuesday, Mr Silva tied a Samurdhi officer to a tree for failing to attend a mosquito prevention program in his electorate in Kelaniya. Samurdhi officials are responsible for carrying out grass-roots development projects. The incident was widely shown on television and was strongly criticised by labour unions and opposition politicians.

The government has launched programs to combat dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease that has caused 160 deaths and sickened 21,000 people so far this year.

</bod>© 2010 AP

 

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A controversial deputy minister of the government of Sri Lanka today tied a public official in his electorate to a tree due to the official`s failure to support the government`s dengue prevention programme.

Deputy Highways Minister Mervyn Silva tied a Samurdhi officer on to a tree in Kelaniya for not supporting the programme to control dengue in the Kelaniya electorate.

The media also covered the event when the deputy minister tied the officer to a mango tree.

Silva recently told a local media in an interview that he would tie any officer responsible for the spread of dengue, if a dengue related death is reported from his electorate Kelaniya.

The deputy minister carried out his promise by tying the officer claimed to have been irresponsible and not participated in the dengue control programme, at the Kelaniya Divisional Secretary`s office today afternoon.

A dengue related death was also reported in the Biyagama area.

The respective Samurdhi officer who was tied to the tree had failed to attend a meeting of the Presidential Task Force on dengue control. </td></tr></tbody></table>

 

[manokie]

Hahahahaha

Why tie himself to the tree? One bullet to the head will be more shocking!

 

[R y u]

 

[Brightkid]

Hmmmm.....seemed like govt worker, we call them civil serpents here, are universally the same : collect fat pay-checks but doing zilch work.

 

[halsey02]

Hmmmm.....seemed like govt worker, we call them civil serpents here, are universally the same : collect fat pay-checks but doing zilch work.

Old man should tie a few to the trees along orchard rd... this he must learn to do.

 

[Received_by_Kings]

I thought he was tied to a tree because he complained about multitasking

 

[cheekenpie]

He was being punished. Power daey!

Singapore should do the same.

e.g. Tie Yaccob to a lamp-post near Wendy's... tie Vivian on a YOG bus

 

[cooleo]

Should tie Marlboro Tan to a 20th level Pigeon Hole's balcony

 

[wikiphile]

Tree only, they should be tied to this!

http://baike.baidu.com/view/141294.htm

 

[poore]

what is karma.... when one day the minister himself cock up and is tied to a tree himself

 

[halsey02]

Should tie Marlboro Tan to a 20th level Pigeon Hole's balcony

What 20th level....tie him on a flagpole ontop of the Pinnacle @ Duxton Plain, and drap him with the SINgapura flag..

 

[wahlaneh]

wahlaneh...
bdsm fetish?

 

[knnpapccb]

Not bad lah we tie Yaacob to the Orchard Road tree where he can be soaked in flood water. He will wake up. Or tie him in his clogged culvert?

 

[halsey02]

Not bad lah we tie Yaacob to the Orchard Road tree where he can be soaked in flood water. He will wake up. Or tie him in his clogged culvert?

That, & feed him with the mamak rojak, see, if he gets food poisoning...please no photograph

 

[Singapaporean]

Ours might whip u SM style?

 

[Subok]

What is poetic justice?

When one of the ministers' grandmother fell into the longkang hidden by the flood water and nearly drown...

When one of the ministers' brother driving a Honda Airwave was suddenly crushed to death by a tree uprooted by the strong wind, soil around the roots loosen by the untamed "50 years 1 too many" flood

When one of the ministers' son was stabbed in the dark alley and fingers cut off

When one of the minister' luxury car got "inbound" flood water in its engine

When flood enters into one of the ministers' secret dungeon, destroying all their years of collections of antiquities, policies, notaries contracted etc etc.

Only when troubles or inconveniences in their own backyard, we can forget about the ruling elites attending to the cries of the common constituents. Because they ruled over the 3rd class.