The Hon. Kaveenthiran Kodeeswaran
Hon. Kaveenthiran Kodeeswaran alleged serious misconduct by officers at the Periyanilavanai Police Station, including assault, obscene abuse, and acts amounting to sexual violence against a woman who had gone to lodge a complaint with her brothers. He condemned the incident in the context of the Government’s “Clean Sri Lanka” initiative and urged the Minister to take appropriate action against the officers responsible.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, at the Periyanilavanai Police Station, when a woman named Relar went with her brothers to lodge a complaint, the police officers locked the station from inside, used obscene language towards her, assaulted her brutally on her back, and engaged in acts amounting to sexual violence, including attempting to rape her. During this period when you speak of “Clean Sri Lanka,” we strongly condemn this despicable act by the police who locked the station and assaulted this woman and her brothers. I urge you to take appropriate action against the responsible officers. We have only seen such scenes in films; what happened at the Periyanilavanai Police Station is truly outrageous.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 8 January 2025 ·No. 1737023464031571 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Kaveenthiran Kodeeswaran. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 January 2025. No. 1737023464031571. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27688