The minister was speaking to the media today (Sept. 17) after Malaka and six others were remanded by courts over the assault of an Army major at JAIC Hilton Hotel in Colombo around a week ago.
He said he was grieved to see his son remanded, but said he would bow to the judicial decision, which established the fallacy of rumours the government was going to absolve Malaka.
Meanwhile, at a media briefing, Senior DIG western province Anura Senanayake said the delay in the arrest of the minister’s son was due to investigations being conducted into the incident. | 
This fate has befallen Malaka Silva because he is the son of a minister, said his father, minister Mervyn Silva. Had a scuffle taken place between two groups of youths, the media would never have pursued that incident with any interest, he said.
Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayaka of Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday that the UNP turned down a request from a former terrorist to contest the Northern Provincial Council elections under the party. [
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The entire world was asking Sri Lanka to give into the terrorists and avoid confrontation with them, but we chose to trust in the strength and courage of the country’s youth, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. [
Trade unions, opposition parties and civil society organizations are gearing up to hold a massive protest on the 21st against the electricity tariff hike and the performance of the government. [
Deputy leader of the Vavuniya Municipal council M.M.Rathan stated by lighting lamps in the Wellamulliwaikal and Karaiyan Mulliwaikal people paid their respect to civilians killed in the final stage of war in year 2009. [
Students of Jaffna University commemorated death anniversary of people killed in the Mulliwaikal war. [
A woman attempted to commit suicide by jumping into a well with her 3 children in Vavuniya this morning. [
Man who has married mother and daughter of same family arrested. [
International community continuously hold debates on genocide attacks carried out by the racist government against Tamil’s in SriLanka. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [