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Viewing cable 06COLOMBO250, SRI LANKA: POLICE, COMMUNITY, SUPPORTIVE OF

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06COLOMBO250 2006-02-16 11:58 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Colombo
VZCZCXYZ0007
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHLM #0250/01 0471158
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 161158Z FEB 06
FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2582
INFO RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA PRIORITY 8928
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY 5811
RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY 3847
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 9264
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
RUEKDIA/DIA WASHDC PRIORITY
RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY
UNCLAS COLOMBO 000250 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM KIRF PGOV CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: POLICE, COMMUNITY, SUPPORTIVE OF 
HARASSED PASTOR 
 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  On February 7, emboffs traveled to Alawwa, 
30 miles north of Colombo in Kurunegela District, to look 
into reports from the National Christian Evangelical Alliance 
of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) that the congregation of a local 
Christian church had been threatened and harassed on 
Christmas day.  Discussions with both the Church's pastor and 
local police officials indicated that the police and the 
local community were responsive to the pastor's concerns and 
supportive of his work.  This case proved to be an example of 
a community striving to maintain unity and tolerance among 
divergent faiths.  End summary. 
 
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CHURCH-GOERS INTIMIDATED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 
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2. (SBU) The National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri 
Lanka (NCEASL) published a notice on December 29 stating that 
parishioners of the King's Revival Church in Alawwa, 30 miles 
north of Colombo in Kurunegala District, were attacked on 
their way to services on December 25.  Poloff and pol FSN 
traveled to Alawwa on February 7 to meet with the Church's 
pastor and his wife.  The pastor said that on Christmas day, 
a mob of thirty people accosted parishioners on their way to 
church.  After the attackers injured four people, he called 
the police.  Over the phone, the police reassured the pastor 
they would protect the Church premises and the parishioners, 
and said he should continue with services as scheduled. 
According to the pastor, police arrived on the scene 
immediately thereafter, and the mob dispersed.  The police 
took injured persons to the hospital, one of whom remained 
there for three days. 
 
3. (SBU) According to the pastor's wife, a local thug who 
enjoys the patronage of a provincial council member led the 
attacks.  The pastor said the sme group had also been 
violent during the Novembr 2005 presidential election, but 
the police hadbeen unable to build a case because they faced 
political pressure not to pursue an investigation.  Following 
the December 25 intimidation, the pastor and his wife 
identified some of the attackers to the police, and the 
perpetrators were subsequently held in police custody for one 
day.  On March 2, five people will stand trial for their role 
in the December 25 attack.  However, according to the pastor, 
the police asked one key suspect to come to the station for 
questioning on January 11, but he failed to appear.  That 
same day, someone dumped oil in the pastor's drinking well. 
On January 16, assailants threw stones at the pastor's home, 
breaking a window. 
 
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PASTOR HARASSED BY FEW, BUT FINDS 
SUPPORT FROM LOCAL COMMUNITY 
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4. (SBU) The pastor said that soon after his well was 
contaminated, the group that carried out the December 25 
attack invited local Buddhist monks to a meeting to complain 
about the pastor's activities.  The pastor did not attend the 
meeting, but he later talked to the monks, who encouraged him 
in his work and reported they had publicly defended him and 
told the group they were wrong to be intolerant.  The pastor 
added that the prime suspect failed to show up at the police 
station for a second scheduled interview, but on January 26, 
the suspect and the pastor met at the police station, where a 
new officer accused the pastor of instigating trouble. 
Nevertheless, the pastor said, the rest of the police, the 
local monks, and the local government agent had all been 
supportive of the pastor.  The pastor noted that from January 
26 onward, he had faced no further harassment. 
 
5. (SBU) Poloff also met with police officers in Alawwa who 
produced police logs detailing each incident the pastor 
reported.  The police officers said since there were no eye 
witnesses, it was difficult to catch the perpetrators who 
poured oil in the pastor's well and those who threw stones at 
his window.  Nevertheless, the police said, they were 
conducting a thorough investigation and had intelligence 
officers working on this case, which is being handled 
separately from the December 25 incident.  One officer also 
noted that he had spoken to the local villagers, urging them 
to practice religious tolerance.  The officers felt their 
intervention had been useful since the pastor faced no 
further harassment. 
 
 
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COMMENT 
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6. (SBU) While the initial attacks on the pastor and his 
congregation are obviously disturbing, the Alawwa story 
offers a heartening contrast in a country where many such 
cases have been met with apathy from local law enforcement 
and open antipathy from Buddhist clerics.  In addition, the 
pastor's willingness to engage with local Buddhist monks 
shows that despite his experience, he feels comfortable in 
his community at large, offering some hope of greater 
religious understanding, at least within Alawwa.  End comment. 
LUNSTEAD