tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post3144633601673943091..comments2023-10-22T15:52:50.770+05:30Comments on Court Jester: Death of a suspectJack Pointhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324737814154929009noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-50030021869504798462008-06-03T20:42:00.000+05:302008-06-03T20:42:00.000+05:30That's very clever of you to spot this jackpoint! ...That's very clever of you to spot this jackpoint! I really mean it! <BR/><BR/>We Tamils know very well what this is all about. But I am surprised that this was actually reported in a newspaper. After every bomb they round a a few 'suspects'. And they have this habit of dieing in custody. The papers always report the arrest. But the death in custody is not mostly not mentioned. even if it is then it will be a tiny item in some cornet that is very easy to miss. <BR/><BR/>I remember this story of a young girl who died in custody a few years ago. I got to know that the 'LTTE suspect' was actually a civilian from a village in the North who had nothing to do with the organization. She was from a poor family. She was hoping to go abroad. <BR/><BR/>This happens all the time. Rich people with the right contacts always make a big fuss and contact HR agencies and ministers etc. But the poor, who make up the overwhelming majority of the Tamil population, suffer silently. They are the ones who die in custody.<BR/><BR/>It happens all the time. If you are Tamil you would come across the other side of the story every now and then.But you being a Sinhalese living in Colombo with little or no contact with people in the North and East,I am really amazed that you are spotting things like this.humanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498423637180821383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-40253427031501305532008-05-10T18:25:00.000+05:302008-05-10T18:25:00.000+05:30Reminds me of FR applications that are brought bef...Reminds me of FR applications that are brought before the Supreme Court where the police say that the detainee "tripped and fell" etc - hence the bruises and other injuries. Words fail meAtticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349206267644849127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291338.post-4137615009206668172008-05-05T06:01:00.000+05:302008-05-05T06:01:00.000+05:30This is 'just another incident'. And this particul...This is 'just another incident'. And this particular incident is even more forgettable because the person involved is a 'suspected terrorist'. No one cares whether some guy is killed by the police when they find it hard to feed themselves.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04655429340322470802noreply@blogger.com