Sri Lanka Government condemns the attack on Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner of Malaysia
September 6, 2016
Secretary of the Ministry calls in High Commissioner of Malaysia
The Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called in the High Commissioner of Malaysia to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this morning, 5 September to express the condemnation of the Government of Sri Lanka, on the assault carried out by a group of persons yesterday Sunday 4 September 2016, on Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, in a restricted area of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, while he was in the process of carrying out his official duties.
Expressing disappointment that the Malaysian authorities had failed to provide necessary protection to Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner despite the High Commission bringing to the notice of relevant Malaysian authorities, the need for such protection, in the face of mounting protests especially in the last few days, the Secretary conveyed to the High Commissioner, that the Government of Sri Lanka insists that immediate and swift action is taken to identify the perpetrators and take legal action to the fullest extent of the law; while also taking immediate measures to provide adequate security for the Sri Lanka High Commissioner, including assigning a Personal Security Officer; provide adequate security to the staff of the High Commission, the official residence and the Chancery premises; as well as the Buddhist temple in Sentul, where an incident took place on Saturday 3 September.
The High Commissioner of Malaysia expressed the deepest regret of the Government of Malaysia regarding the incident and informed that the Malaysian law enforcement authorities had already arrested five suspects involved in the incident, and that legal action would be taken against the perpetrators. He assured that the Ministry would be apprised of the details of the investigations, and that appropriate security would be provided, as requested. The High Commissioner also conveyed the deep regret over the incident at the temple in Sentul and informed that steps have been taken since, to provide appropriate security to the temple.
The Ministry will provide further updates when available.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Colombo
Attack on Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in Malaysia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms reports that Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Malaysia had been assaulted by a group of persons at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport today, 4 September 2016.
The Government of Sri Lanka condemns this act of violence on Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in Malaysia, in the strongest terms.
The High Commissioner is receiving medical attention.
The High Commission of Sri Lanka in Kuala Lumpur is coordinating with local law enforcement authorities in Malaysia and other relevant local authorities to identify perpetrators and assist with investigations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sri Lanka is seized of the seriousness of this incident and is taking all necessary action in this regard through diplomatic channels.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka
Colombo
4 September 2016
මැලේසියාවේ ශ්රී ලංකා මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයාට ප්රහාරයක්
මැලේසියාවේ ශ්රී ලංකා මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයාට අද එනම් 2016 සැප්තැම්බර් 4 වැනි දින කුවාලා ලාම්පූර් ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළේදී පුද්ගලයන් කණ්ඩායමක් විසින් පහරදී ඇති බවට වූ වාර්තා විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය තහවුරු කරයි.
මැලේසියාවේ ශ්රී ලංකා මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයාට එල්ල කළ මෙම ප්රචණ්ඩකාරී ප්රහාරය ශ්රී ලංකා රජය දැඩිලෙස හෙළා දකියි.
මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා වෛද්ය ප්රතිකාර ලබා ගනිමින් සිටියි.
කුවාලා ලාම්පූර්හි පිහිටි ශ්රී ලංකා මහ කොමසාරිස් කාර්යාලය, වැරදිකරුවන් හඳුනා ගැනීම සඳහා සහ විමර්ශන කටයුතුවලට සහාය ලබා දීම සඳහා මැලේසියාවේ නීතිය බලාත්මකිරීමේ බලධාරීන් හා මීට අදාළ වෙනත් බලධාරීන් සමඟ කටයුතු සම්බන්ධීකරණය කරමින් සිටියි. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ විදේශ කටයුතු අමාත්යාංශය, මෙම සිදුවීමේ බරපතලකම අවබෝධ කරගන්නා අතර මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් රාජ්යතාන්ත්රික මාර්ග ඔස්සේ ගතයුතු සියලු පියවර ගනු ලබමින් සිටියි.
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