Asia Tribune and Plagiarisation
of Articles from Lankaweb
By Charles.S.Perera.
The following Article , "Late General Janaka Perera- In reminiscence",
appeared in the Asia Tribune Website, on the 9 October,2008. The article
is shown as: by Gamage Bandulahewa. The whole article is composed from
paragraphs ,or whole articles taken from the articles that appeared
in the Lankaweb. Not a phrase in the whole of the article is "original".
A friend told me that it is possible that this may be a "filler"
article prepared by the Asia Tribune and the name Gamage Bandulahewa
may have been invented.
The following are the articles that appeared in the Lankaweb, that
went to make up the article in the Asia Tribune signed by Gamage Bandulahewa.
(i) Charles.S.Perera, 8th October,2008 to Lankaweb, under the title,
"We salute a Great Hero our Nation was blessed to have-the Late
General Janaka Perera ",
(ii) Mr.Thambaiah Mullaitivu on " Major General Janaka Perera
proved the bête noir of the Tigers ", ( Lankaweb 8.10.2008).
(iii) Shenali Waduge's article to Lanka web on 8.10.2008, on "Major
General Janaka Perera: A war hero Silenced".
(iv) S.Hewage, to lankaweb on 7.10.2008, on " UNP try to take
Political Mileage out of Patriot's death. UNP Leadership is suffering
from Amnesia",
(v)Dilrook Kannangara's article, to lankaweb on 7.10.2008 on "
Janaka Perera another Patriot sent to UNP Gallow".
Late General Janaka Perera - In reminiscence
Thu, 2008-10-09 04:34
By Gamage Bandulahewa
My deepest sympathies to the members of the Family of the Late General
Janaka Perera, and the families of all those who were the victims of
terrorism. It is sad and most regrettable that the General Janaka Perera
had been another victim of the terrorists.
General Janaka Perera, was a National Hero the Nation was proud of,
it is a great loss we will live to regret. Major General Janaka Perera
proved the bete noire of the Tigers in the battlefront. He was also
a guiding force, along with Lt. Gen Sarath Fonseka, that helped the
Forces to wrest control of Jaffna and save the beleaguered troops trapped
in the peninsula. The killing of the battlefield warrior, Major General
Janaka Perera who led his men from the front would redouble the efforts
of the Forces to attain their final goal.
This would be the tribute to true brave patriotic Late Major General
Janaka Perera. An illustrious military career however denied Major General
Janaka Perera the position of Army Commander and instead he had to make
good of diplomatic positions in Australia and Indonesia where he continued
to exert pressure on LTTE's domain internationally. He worked tirelessly
as a diplomat to dismantle international structures of the Tigers.
Patriots who crept in to the UNP which serves as a death trap of patriots,
never returned. History repeated itself in the cruelest manner for another
brave heart of Sri Lanka. Major General General Janaka Perera was killed
by a suicide bomber at a political event.
Major General Janaka Perera was a brave soldier who fought fearlessly
for Sri Lanka, but, he sided with the wrong political crowd. Major General
Janaka Perera's new friends were traitors and he gave in to their plans
on a number of occasions. His spiteful allegations against the Defence
Secretary, the President, the Army Commander and even against military
victories were despicable to say the least. His mistake was too obvious.
Patriots around the world knew from the start what was cooking for
him in UNP quarters. He simply didn't fit in. The soldier who rarely
lost a battle lost the election; it was a massive defeat. Unbeknown
to him, masters of his party had decided his fate. He was to be disposed
as Major General Lakshman Algama was disposed in 1999. The much talked
about new office complex of the UNP which was
built in place of the old one that was destroyed by vandals was declared
opened by a number of regional UNP stalwarts. Strangely there were no
high ranking officials of the party; not even an MP! This is too similar
to what happened in Ja-ela on 18th December 1999.
It was the assassination of another brave military officer who took
to politics following his retirement from the army. The LTTE target
at that time was Major General Lakshman Algama who was killed while
addressing an election rally in Wattala in support of UNP presidential
candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe on the last night of campaigning for
the 1999 Presidential Election. Major General Lakshman Algama was one
of the most popular war-hero, was misled by the UNP leadreship as he
came forward to save the UNP leadership from the internal power struggle..
The bomb blast took place carefully avoiding the UNP top brass.
The LTTE targeted Major General Lakshman Algama on the same night that
an attempt was made on the life of President Chandrika Kumartunga at
Town Hall. The LTTE tactic was to create uncertainty and confusion in
the country at that time while taking revenge on a military officer
dreaded by the LTTE. Like Janaka Perera, Lakshman Algama too took to
politics from the UNP and was tipped to hold an important position in
a subsequent UNP government.
The biggest loss of the killing of Janaka Perera is for the main opposition
UNP. He was about to emerge as a frontline leader of the party having
an appeal among the nationalist and conservative base of the UNP. He
could have helped the UNP to rebuild itself and regain a certain vote
base that is veering away from the party at the moment.
Knowing the real capacity of the LTTE Janaka Perera too believed that
the LTTE could be militarily defeated. The killing of Janaka Perera
is a blow to the UNP especially at a time the party desperately needs
leaders of his ilk to stand up to the growing popularity of the Rajapaksa
regime due to the successful execution of the war against the LTTE.
Janaka Perera too joins the long list of UNP politicians whose lives
have been violently taken away by the LTTE in the past.
Having suffered defeat after defeat with the army successfully moving
forward in the Wanni, the killing of Janaka Perera seems to be a desperate
attempt of the LTTE to take advantage of the political differences existing
in the country. Also the LTTE desperately needs to make its presence
felt to divert the attention from its military defeats.
The LTTE also seem to fear former military officers who take to politics
and take charge of the military administration. This fear is justified
given the strong backing provided by the present Defence Ministry Secretary
Gotabhaya Rajapaksa who himself was a military officer, to the successful
military campaign against the Tigers. Both Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Army
Commander Lieutenant General Sarath Fonseka survived LTTE suicide attacks.
The LTTE has taken revenge on military officers who have successfully
fought them. Denzil Kobbekaduwa, Wijaya Wimalaratne and Lakshman Algama
are some of them. Now Janaka Perera too joins the list.
However, Late General Janaka Perera should have sensed the inappropriateness
of the UNP which is today made up of political nobodies, traitors, turncoats
and the like. It is the same party that houses the likes of the WPF
leader who admitted to keeping LTTE operatives in his house during the
ceasefire period. In addition he has been a strong and open proponent
of the LTTE. The there is the SLMC leader who was repeatedly rejected
by his constituents and has an active MoU with the LTTE signed in 2002.
This party is further infested with the likes of one medical practitioner
who used to habitually pay homage at LTTE cemeteries. A senior member
of parliament from the other camp also joined the UNP recently. He has
been known to have a soft corner for the LTTE and he had turned many
acts of treason committed by senior UNP members into mockeries.
Another recently appointed MP has criticized the army commander for
making a factual statement. His allegation was all too similar to the
type coming from the LTTE camp. Nobody can forget the hilarious
statement made by a very senior UNPer that any ass can fight; clearly
dispersing the warrior within the party! Most patriotic members have
already left the UNP and those who hold high positions within the party
are baptized by the separatists. All this are in addition to its leader
who mislead the nation with a surrender agreement with the LTTE which
he depicted as peace. There is no way a seasoned soldier could have
missed these vital signs.
LTTE separated out the UNP which was the main political force at that
time to be its southern counterpart. It eliminated Lalith Athulathmudali
and Premadasa in rapid succession. This happened within nine months
of killing a number of gallant soldiers at Araly in the Jaffna peninsula.
After the assassination of Premadasa in 1993 by the LTTE, UNP became
a lame duck headed by timid yet strong-willed supporters and sympathizers
of the LTTE cause. Within another 18 months it bumped-off the remaining
patriots it had including Gamini Dissanayake, Gamini Premachandra and
Oswin Abeygunasekera.
Thereafter the UNP was dancing to the tune of the LTTE until General
Lakshman Algama joined forces in 1999. He was swiftly eliminated, however,
after he was used to the most to derive maximum political mileage. Then
the UNP refused to blame the LTTE and instead blamed the government.
In 2008 T Maheswaran was killed by the LTTE. Yet again the UNP couldn't
sum up enough courage to blame the LTTE. LTTE trims the UNP which it
considers to be its backyard. There were bigger political giants than
Janaka Perera who tried to change the cause of the UNP in vain. It should
not surprise anybody if the UNP once against starts screaming about
alleged human rights violations. It stopped this hue and cry after inducting
the General a few months back.
On the other hand senior UNP leaders are under no Tiger threat. Not
even a single attempt was made to harm them! This is a cruel awakening
by the LTTE to other patriots. It has started eliminating patriotic
military and political leaders of this country. It has started from
the easiest. Leaders of this country must be fully aware of this heightened
LTTE threat to their lives. If they believe the military campaign will
soon eliminate the LTTE, they should stay away from public places until
such time.
The LTTE supremo has outlived ten Sri Lankan administrations and is
determined to outlive the present one as well. He should be eradicated
soon. Dangerous times are ahead as the final battle for the terror capital
heats up. LTTE will viciously struggle like a drowning man; it will
not hesitate to do anything that in its belief would put it off the
hook. It is the duty of every Sri Lankan to support the present war
effort wholeheartedly; there may not be another chance. His entry into
politics was viewed in different angles by the two main political parties
but what we can comfortably assure ourselves was that Late General Janaka
Perera was not one to tarnish the image of the military nor was he ever
willing to cease the ability to militarily crush the LTTE. This was
the balance that linked the two parties and it was this link that could
have been a unifier in the long term especially with the LTTE now being
cornered. But Late General Janaka Perera has been nullified and it is
for this reason we should stand shocked.
The UNP never learns a lesson after so many people have been killed
by the LTTE. The latest is Major General Janaka Perera. As usual, the
UNP is blaming the government. They never blame the LTTE terrorists
for any crime it has committed. The UNP leadership is afraid of losing
Tamil support in the future elections. It is hard to understand this
unprincipled conduct of the UNP leadership despite so much death and
destruction in the country. They never supported the armed forces to
eliminate terrorists hoping that the LTTE will pay back its gratitude
to the UNP with a block of Tamil votes. Is it possible for them to work
together with the government to eliminate this scourge of terrorism
for the last time? No, they cannot because they are profoundly greedy
for power. Until the party gets an enlightened leader, who can gauge
the pulse of the nation, the UNP has no future.
LTTE terrorists have no permanent friends. They will kill anyone if
it suits their agenda. The UNP is running after a mirage hoping that
the party's covert "sympathy" for the LTTE terrorists will
bear fruits, which will not happen. In the mean time, Ranil Wickremasinghe,
Tissa Attanayake, Jayalath Jayawardane will continue to sacrifice unsuspecting
and ambitious UNP supporters to the bloodthirsty murderer to save the
party leader from internal rebellions.
When armed forces captured Thoppigala, UNP leadership said they have
captured a useless jungle, and went on to challenge the government and
the armed forces to go and capture Kilinochchi if possible. Today armed
forces are in the vicinity of Kilinochchi.
UNP has no vision now. UNP leadership is becoming a cancer not only
to the party but also to the entire country as he has tried to survive
politically using a war hero, who is an all time target of LTTE. In
recent weeks our brave soldiers have been marching forward to remove
the LTTE cancer from our country, and the masses is praying at temples
for their lives. Has anyone heard a single word of encouragements from
the UNP leadership other than constant criticisms and insults? It is
high time that a patriotic man or a woman must come forward and take
the leadership of this good old political party for the sake of our
motherland.
Party differences must not surface to acknowledge the fete that Late
General Janaka Perera has accomplished through over 30 years in the
battlefield. If there are some who think that the LTTE was not
responsible for the killing then they should substantiate this claim
with hard evidence. The country's leaders have been through 30 years
of terrorist terror being struck down leaving those lucky to survive
very much at risk. It would have been desirable that his security was
beefed up purely on the grounds that we must show appreciation for the
achievements of the late General - but we all know what a human bomb
is capable of doing.
While we all accept the deaths with shock wherein many civilians fell
victim to another terrorist attempt is it not another call that the
nation comes together instead of joining the blaming game to eradicate
terrorist activity in Sri Lanka once and for all?
At the present moment it would be wise to stop gatherings of this nature
with the VIPs, as the desperate terrorists will go to any extent to
cause damage to the Nation. All functions of whatever nature or whatever
numbers of persons present should be carefully verified before the arrival
of the VIPs. The security personnel should be "doubly" vigilant
and to have those special metal detectors to pass around the bodies
of all persons entering in to the premises. Also there should be one
entrance to such functions all other entrances being closed, and placed
under vigilance of Security personnel.
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