Rosy calls for police protection

(January 20, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Rosy Senanayake, Opposition leader of the Western Provincial Council and UNP Chief Organiser for Colombo West has requested the Inspector General of Police (IGP) for police protection for her personal safety. In a letter to the IGP, Ms. Senanayake has stated that she is directly involved in the election campaign of General Sarath Fonseka.

Pointing out that while attending a meeting at Kadawatha yesterday, she had faced an incident that threatened her personal safety, Ms. Senanayake had stated that her vehicle had also been damaged. She had lodged a complaint at the Kadawatha police.

She had also been getting threatening telephone calls both on her mobile phone as well as the land line, Ms. Senanayake had stated in her letter to the IGP.