( October 26,
2012, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) Amid conflicting reports about detention of
Australian Film-maker David Bradbury in Koodankulam, we are posting below the
updates as we receive them. After deportation of a German tourist and 3
Japanese activists, this is yet another move of stifling democracy by the
Government which must be condemned in strongest terms.
David and his
family were detained, interrogated and reportedly released by the police
yesterday. However, they have been unreachable, and their whereabouts are not
yet known. Their Indian cellphone number is also unreachable. Reporters who
spoke to the police said that the police insisted that they were not arrested,
and merely asked to leave the district.
They were
stopped at Thomas Mandapam, and taken to Radhapuram Police Station and
subsequently released. He was on a business visa. A policeman from Radhapuram
PS said idinthakarai was off-limits because Section 144 had been declared
there. Chennai too has had Section 144 since time immemorial. next time bill
gates visits chennai, I’ll make sure I’ll tip the police off.
Australia’s
best-known documentary film-maker, David Bradbury, was prevented by the Tamil
Nadu Police from entering Idinthakarai. It is reported that he was stopped at
Thomas Mandapam, a few kilometers before Idinthakarai, by the police and taken
to Radhapuram Police Station. The detention is likely to have international
ramifications given the stature of Bradbury as a film-maker “who will go to any
length” to do a film about a cause he believes in.
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