Sri Lanka's Cabinet spokesman Minister Keheliya Rambukwella accused Western countries of “double standards” after several countries condemned the disruption of a meeting for families of the disappeared by a mob of Buddhist monks.
Rambukwella accused Western countries, which he called “5 star” democracies, of being hypocritical in condemning the mob disruption, Colombo Gazette reports.
The monks had violently disrupted the meeting, which was being attended by Tamil families from the North, and Western diplomats, accusing them of “selling our motherland for dollars.”
See more in our earlier post: Buddhist mob disrupts meeting for families of disappeared Tamils (04 August 2014)
Rambukwella went on to add that,
“There is a feeling that one sector of people are being taken care of by some interested parties with western interests”.
Also see our earlier posts:
Government blames NGOs for meeting disruption (06 August 2014)
UK, France, Germany and Switzerland condemn mob disruption of meeting (05 August 2014)
US embassy expresses concern over SL police support to mob (04 Aug 2014)
Buddhist mob disrupts meeting for families of disappeared Tamils (04 Aug 2014)
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