07-24-2004, 06:41 PM
Date : 2004-07-24
<span style='font-size:25pt;line-height:100%'>Anura nails the malicious canard TNA launched of Karuna visiting with him to Singapore.</span>
Bejing, 24 July : Anura Bandaranaike denies any connection with renegade leader V.Muralitheran alias Colonel Karuna Amman. This was stated in a hard hitting statement released by him from Bejing who is at present on an official visit to China.
Earlier news stories were planted in the media stating that Colonel Karuna Amman left for Singapore.
The news item further reported that he left for Singapore accompanied with Anura Bandaranaike, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Promotion on a Singapore bound flight.
This issue was also raised in the floor of the Sri Labkan Parliament in the absence of Minister Anura Bandaranaike.
S. Sivajilingam, Member of Parliament belonging to Tamil National Alliance’s who took part in the adjournment motion debate on Thursday in Parliament on the spread of dengue in the country.
But it was noted that he strayed off the topic under discussion in the House to say that the LTTE renegade rebel leader Colonel Karuna Amman had been accompanied to Singapore recently by the Minister of Tourism Anura Bandaranaike.
He said that he would like to request the President to ask Karuna Amman to remain in Singapore without returning to Sri Lanka.
Minister Anura Bandaranaike was on his way to China and was not present in the House, when Sivajilingam made the reference to Karuna. In a hard-hitting rejoinder to what was stated in the Parliament by the green-horn Member of Parliament from LTTE’s proxy party Tamil National Alliance, Anura Bandaranaike said, "I have been informed this morning (yesterday) by our Embassy in Beijing, whilst on an official tour of China, that the Sri Lankan Press has carried banner headline "LTTE rebel leader Karuna had been taken to Singapore" by me.
[b]<span style='color:red'>Anura Bandaranaike said he had never met, seen or spoken to this so-called Karuna. \"I have never had any contact with him before his defection or after his defection from the LTTE.
[b]I have never indulged in the part time of accompanying unknown persons to any destination in the world. I was in Singapore on transit for less than one hour and I was accompanied from the aircraft and back by our High Commissioner in Singapore, H.E. Ajith Jayaratne and his staff.\"
Aanura Bandaraniake further said in his message that the names of all those who accompanied him on the official tour to China could be easily obtained if necessary from the airport authority.
- Asian Tribune - </span>
http://www.asiantribune.com/show_news.php?id=10524
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<span style='font-size:25pt;line-height:100%'>Anura nails the malicious canard TNA launched of Karuna visiting with him to Singapore.</span>
Bejing, 24 July : Anura Bandaranaike denies any connection with renegade leader V.Muralitheran alias Colonel Karuna Amman. This was stated in a hard hitting statement released by him from Bejing who is at present on an official visit to China.
Earlier news stories were planted in the media stating that Colonel Karuna Amman left for Singapore.
The news item further reported that he left for Singapore accompanied with Anura Bandaranaike, Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment Promotion on a Singapore bound flight.
This issue was also raised in the floor of the Sri Labkan Parliament in the absence of Minister Anura Bandaranaike.
S. Sivajilingam, Member of Parliament belonging to Tamil National Alliance’s who took part in the adjournment motion debate on Thursday in Parliament on the spread of dengue in the country.
But it was noted that he strayed off the topic under discussion in the House to say that the LTTE renegade rebel leader Colonel Karuna Amman had been accompanied to Singapore recently by the Minister of Tourism Anura Bandaranaike.
He said that he would like to request the President to ask Karuna Amman to remain in Singapore without returning to Sri Lanka.
Minister Anura Bandaranaike was on his way to China and was not present in the House, when Sivajilingam made the reference to Karuna. In a hard-hitting rejoinder to what was stated in the Parliament by the green-horn Member of Parliament from LTTE’s proxy party Tamil National Alliance, Anura Bandaranaike said, "I have been informed this morning (yesterday) by our Embassy in Beijing, whilst on an official tour of China, that the Sri Lankan Press has carried banner headline "LTTE rebel leader Karuna had been taken to Singapore" by me.
[b]<span style='color:red'>Anura Bandaranaike said he had never met, seen or spoken to this so-called Karuna. \"I have never had any contact with him before his defection or after his defection from the LTTE.
[b]I have never indulged in the part time of accompanying unknown persons to any destination in the world. I was in Singapore on transit for less than one hour and I was accompanied from the aircraft and back by our High Commissioner in Singapore, H.E. Ajith Jayaratne and his staff.\"
Aanura Bandaraniake further said in his message that the names of all those who accompanied him on the official tour to China could be easily obtained if necessary from the airport authority.
- Asian Tribune - </span>
http://www.asiantribune.com/show_news.php?id=10524
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Truth 'll prevail