Monks, Testicles, and the Wrong Club
Do you see that monk at right? He’s in the hospital because an MP squeezed his balls really really hard.
…Sri Lankan politics is, as far as I can tell, a bunch of monkeys flinging shit at each other. Shit with rocks in it. So as a disclaimer, I am only repeating these stories cause they’re really really funny. I’m not trying to make any political statements. If I screw up the names or the events please tell me. This is just what I hear and most of it’s on the net anywhere. Except they never mention the ball squeezing.
1. In June a controversial monk was trying to get sworn in as a Member of Parliament and all hell broke loose. These are not what I would call nice meditative monks, they’re actually rather nationalistic and reactionary – but they certainly don’t deserve what follows. The other MPs are basically rioting to prevent this swearing in, pushing and shoving and so on. Somebody actually stole the 28 pound mace which symbolically holds Parliament in session, so I guess Parliament was actually out of session. In the midst of this commotion, someone walked up to MP Kolonnawe Siri Sumangala, grabbed his balls, and squeezed so hard that the poor man had to go to the hospital.
2. Mervyn Silva was, until recently, a Deputy Minister. He has son – Malaka – who I’ve heard described as bleached blond, musclebound, and tatooed. In Sri Lanka there is, effectively, a landed aristocracy of mummy-daddy boys – some who do good and some who cause trouble. By reputation, Malaka is one of the latter. On this night he was carrying a handgun and visiting nightclubs with his bodyguards. At Clancy’s the bouncers patted him down and told him that he couldn’t come in with that gun. ‘Don’t you know who I am?’, etc, but rules-are-rules and Malaka was bounced. And not too happy about it.
The next day was Halloween. Clancy’s was all done up in black, so much so that it was hard for drunken people to find the entrance. It was especially confusing since Clancy’s door is right next to Sopranos Karaoke Lounge. On this night a mob led by Pajeros (government SUVs) and a bunch of trishaws carrying men armed with clubs, firearms, and knives pulled up in front of the club. Colombopage says that Mervyn Silva was in one of those Pajeros, but I don’t know. The mob storms the nightclub, and enters the wrong door. That is, this mob completely trashes Sopranos Karaoke Lounge, breaking glass, smashing the doors, and stealing cellphones from the customers. In the wake of the public outcry, Mervyn Silva resigns.
So, in short, it is alleged that this former Deputy Minister squeezed a monk’s balls and trashed the wrong nightclub. I don’t know if this is true, it’s just what I hear and read. Or, to get to the point, please don’t kick my ass Mr. Silva.
I started off not really liking General Sarath Fonseka, him being part of the aggressive war effort. I didn’t support the war (largely cause I thought it would fail), and I thought Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and Fonseka were gleefully stomping everything. Fonseka even came out and said “I strongly believe that this country belongs to the Sinhalese but there are minority communities and we treat them like our people,” in 2008 (
General Sarath Fonseka was arrested on a bunch of trumped up charges, but mainly for daring to threaten Mahinda in a Presidential election. Despite his poor health, Fonseka was arrested in February 2010 and sentence to three years. Word on the street now, however, is that he’ll be released soon. Like any day now. President Mahinda Rajapaksa has told 
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I’m going to get back to blogging. I buy a shitload of stuff on my iPad. Not that I like spending money, and the exchange rate terrifies me, but it’s just so easy, and so good. For example, I’ve been reading comics again. Spiderman, and 
Malaka is one troubled boy. Now he goes beating up police. when does it stop ? It’s quite funny when you see him out with his bodyguards. He stands in a spot with his drink and you see his bodyguards dancing around him, what an ass !!!! Someone needs to put these people place. Our money is actually funding all these jack asses. I remember some time ago at the club at colombo plaza can’t remember the name. There was some fight. The vehicle of the people who started it was smashed. Later what do you find out, the vehicle belonged to some muslim minister, he had given it to his nephew and that was it. So I wonder lets say he had 20 nephews do they all drive governement vehicles ? do their cousins also take these vehicles ? Where does it stop ?
This crap pisses me off and they go as all mighty jack asses !!!! and we have to take this shit !!!!
couldn’t agree more !! but being corrupt seems like a requirement to hold any kind of public office in SL these days so i don’t see a quick solution.. all these ministerial types are all the same.. sack the lot :)
[...] First off, the man is unelected. To quote BBC Sinhala – ‘Dr. Silva, who lost the general elections in April 2004, was later appointed as a member of the parliament from the national list by the president.’ I would guess that he was appointed to his doctorate as well. His son Malaka combines the crude thuggery of his dad with extraordinary stupidity. Earlier this year Malaka was thrown out of Clancy’s for carrying a gun. A posse of Mr. Silva’s bodyguards and general ne’er do returns to smash up Clancy’s but like dumbasses they smashed the club next door. Now Malaka has pulled out guns and beaten policeman at the Taj, to the point that they were hospitalized. He was (as one might assume) put in jail, and daddyji went to bail him out. In the course of bailing him out, daddyji called Sirasa TV ‘people of lowly indian origin’ – insulting Tamils in the process. [...]
I wonder how he really get is Doctorate??
Any of you know how this bloody mad cat got a Doctorate, and which uni offered it??
Ultra Rubbish!!
I was going through some blogs, this story is good makes you wonder how much more is being wasted by our LEADERS
Lanka Buzz – bogus education
I was going through some blogs, this story is good makes you wonder how much more is being wasted by our LEADERS
Tax paid vehicles and fuel
Lanka Buzz – Tax Paid Vehicles
sorry, put the wrong link before.
for those individuals who did not know about mervin silva’s colombo district election bid,here s the story.Dr.mervin silva was then asked by the president chandrika bandaranayaka not to contest colombo district as another ploitician a.h.m fowzie wanted a slot.dr.mervin agreed to this and told all his supporters at various meetings not to cast a vote.even after doing this he ended up getting 2000 odd votes..imgine what he would have got if he actually campaigned.he was later given a seat in the form of a national list mp.
why do all these people talk without knowing the true details???