I am Yohan Sasanka Rajapakse. I am 18 years old. I am a student of Sri Sumangala Boys School, Panadura. I will sit for the advanced level exam in 2010. I reside at no 91, Galle Rd, Pinwatta, Panadura. This incident was happened on 02.10.2009.

 It was school interval. I was with the school head prefect Kusal Prasanga, Malith, Tharidu and another five students. The head prefect disclosed that Malith and Tharindu went to a near by communication centre and had seen few video films. One prefect slapped Malith. After this incident I went to the classroom.

 After the school I went to the said communication centre to get a reload for my mother’s mobile phone. Tharindu and Malith were also there. Malith showed me to the others at the communication center. Tharindu came closer to me and said hello. I asked them whether they were going to hit me. They said no. Both Tharindu and Malith went outside.

 There were around five persons in the communication centre. They asked me whether you were Kusal. I said no. They blamed me and said be careful. They also said that they didn’t hit me because I was in school uniforms. When I came outside I saw both Tharindu and Malith. I told Malith that I will see this matter later. Then Tharindu told me that Malith the person who told all the things. After that I got into a bus and went home.

 Around 4pm in the evening I came to Panadura to take medicine for my grandmother and buy a bag for myself. I saw Malith and other students came after attending a tuition class.

I had an argument with Malith. I tried to hit him because I was very angry. I told him to fight with me alone not with the group. I turned away to go.

 I saw another person who was closer to us took a phone call to 119. But I didn’t hear what he said. After that I came to the private bus stand to take medicine for my grand mother. When I was there two policemen, the person who had taken the telephone call to 119 and Malith came closer to me. One police officer was in civil clothes while the other was in uniforms.

 One officer was dragging from my trouser and blamed me using filthy words. He asked me where I live. I said Pinwatta. He slapped my head and said we were searching people from Pinwatta and said they knew how to control Pinwatta people. He assaulted my head. The police officer who was in civil clothes hit my legs with his boots.

 They took me to the bus stand and said me to kneel down. They put my mobile phone and the wallet on the table closer to me. I had more than Rs.1000/= in my wallet.

 The police officer who was in civil clothes searched me. He asked whether I had ganja or drugs. I said that I am still going school and my parents are in the air force and I am not doing such things. Then he blamed me and the air force using filthy words. He also boasted that they were the people who killed Sunbaba and same thing will happen to me.

 At that time also I was knelt down. Two people from the near by shops came and said that I didn’t do such things. Then the police officer blamed those using filthy words and chased them away.

 After that both Malith and I was taken to the Panadura South police by a trishaw. At the police station we were asked to sit on a bench. One police officer had taken my mobile phone and took a telephone call to our house. These police personnel spoke to my mother and said I was in the police station because I had assaulted a boy.

 After that my parents and another relative came to the police station. They told the police officers not to take this matter further. The police recorded a statement from me. But they didn’t read or explain it to me. They took my signature to it.

 After that I went home with my mother. I went to sleep after having a bath. On 04.10.2009 I was taken to a local doctor because I had high fever. The doctor refused to give me Sinhala medicine and advised me go to a hospital. Then we went to a private hospital. There we were told to go to a government hospital. So we went to the Panadura government hospital. I was admitted to ward number one. I was treated there for three days.

 I told the doctors that the police had assaulted me. My mother complained the SSP. Two police personnel from the SSP office came and recorded a statement from me. The JMO inspected me. I was discharged on 06.10.2009.

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