No Special Flight For Gota’s Swiss Dog
- SriLankan Makes Hasty Retreat
The changed cockpit crew on the A340 to Zurich which left on Friday, July 13. and The roster of Capt. Praveen Wijesinghe which shows that he flew to Paris yesterday July 14.
SriLankan Airlines has cancelled the elaborate special arrangements made to bring a puppy dog from Zurich for Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa after The Sunday Leader Exposé last week.
After this newspaper hit the stands, SriLankan hurriedly reversed a previous decision to replace the regular A340 with an A330 to fly Colombo – Kuwait – Zurich on Friday merely to accommodate Capt. Praveen Wijesinghe who is not certified to fly an A340.
SriLankan Airlines would have incurred a huge loss in revenue as a result of the wider bodied A340 being changed to a smaller A330 resulting in 56 passengers having to be off- loaded.
SriLankan initially made the change not only to accommodate Capt. Praveen Wijesinghe who according to the Defence Secretary himself is a ‘personal friend’ and ‘offered’ to fly to Zurich to bring down the puppy dog but conveniently rostered Capt. Madini Chandradasa too who is a niece of President Mahinda Rajapaksa so the two pilots could fly together as they are in a personal relationship. The story resulted in Gotabaya Rajapaksa resorting to verbal abuse and dire threats which drew international condemnation.
Capt. Praveen Wijesinghe has since been replaced by Capt. Gamini Goonetilleke. Wijesinghe was instead directed to fly to Paris on Saturday, July 14.
Capt. Wijesinghe’s girlfriend, Capt. Madini Chandradasa however left for Zurich on Friday as originally scheduled together with the cockpit crew.
The flight left Colombo on Friday at 11.40 a.m. flying the first leg to Kuwait and thereafter to Zurich. The plane used is an A340. It is scheduled to return to Colombo tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.
Speculation was rife that the puppy dog intended for Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife may not now be on the flight. Senior managers at SriLankan have been warned with dire consequences if even a whisper of the puppy is released to the media.
Our struggle to fill our stomoache is a comedy to rulers. Time to punish them. Than Sundayleader for exposing this “hilarious act” and now our economy is drained.
well done Sunday leader and F Janz You have saved huge money for the country and exposed the corrupt regime
Thank you , Sunday Leader. May your tribe increase. Please oh please take good care of yourselves.
The sheer arrogance of what used to be ‘African leaders’ attitude is manifest in recent years in this country of ours, which some treat as their own to ‘do whatever they want’.
In these times of reconciliation between Sri Lankans, reference to Sinhala/Buddhist culture is hardly fitting? But then sadly THAT is the culture the DS expounds and makes no secret of it! Will he be pulled up – I think not, in today’s SL. Incidentally, the ‘filth’ so fluently uttered, I wonder how much worse it would have sounded in the vernacular?! Our basic manners of courtesy towards a lady in our upbringing was lost in this one episode …. but then not all of us have had that schooling at home, have we?!
Good pre emptive strike Sunday Leader. Keep up the good work to expose these goons and uneducated buffoons.
It takes a lot of courage to stand up to Gota and his ilk and it is easy for us readers to stand up and applaud people like Fredrica, but, their very lives are on the line. May God protect and bless them always.
you people talk as if Gota is an enemy of srilanka. He is the one who spearheaded the war and have given you all the strength at least to talk. You think Fredrika Janz is doing a great job, what did they do during the war time nothing but side with tigers. They are traitors. Dont forget what he has done to the country. Even at that time she tried to sling mud at him concerning MIG planes, but what happened, they lost. Jealosy is some thing but as responsible citizens think of the country first.
Fredrica ,Thanks for exposing the abusing of power by the highest officials of the country who actually should be role models to the general public. Strong media is an integral part of a healthy democracy. We need others to follow the same example and be unbowed against state suppression.
It appears.” While Rome burns, Nero is playing the fiddle ” is an apt analogy for the high jinks being played by the governing party in Sri Lanka. S/L which is still considered as third or fourth world country per our GNP & our economy in tatters, surviving with Loans form the World Bank.
What breed is this puppy from Zurich?
sunday leader will be some where in without head or will find soon some where dead body. Rjapakasha regime will do it soon sri Lanka thuggery regime
So the extended family can have the best for the puppies too, special air crafts (of course Srilankan), Love bird as Capt. & flight officer, and poor off loaded passengers, What FJ did though she got filth, was going to benefit the country
Great work by FJ. Hats off to you, Lady.
Freedom of media is most essential only then justice prevails.
When more then 80% of the country is living under the poverty line this moron is trying to fly puppies on a plan. Thank you Sunday Leader. Just watch your back.
F Janz and Sunday Leader should be rewarded for their courage and bravery in exposing people who use political power to waste the nation’s wealth. Congratulations to Sunday Leader.
Said Hussein
London
The Sunday Leader is the one and only news paper is Srilanka who comes out with corruption and mis use of our money by politicians and royal family. Hope nobody will harm your life Janz. We all pray for your safety. We need Sunday Leader for our benefit.
Most people would buy a Swiss watch – especially if one is all powerful like Gothabya Rajapaksa is. Except no Swiss watches for him, just a Swiss Dog!
Please leave this matter one side.Really I dont understand why the people
of our country are worried about this DOGs news matter.Please my kind
request to you all Please think about our people who all are suffering
without food,house,health care(Specially Dengu),hospital facilities ect..
Really I am getting ill with headache by reading these types of unwanted and
not important news.First of all we have enough DOGs everywhere in our
country and anybody wants let them take care of these DOGs for love….
May be you failed to get the point, if this was not revealed by the paper in this way – how could the general public know the degree of corruptive events of the state ? No doubt, mentioned core isses should be given the highest priority, but avenue losses due to their abuses – should be brought before the nation.
The Defence Minister has the right to bring a puppy from anywhere in the world for his own use.
He sure does, you fool. But remember, not at the expense of offloading passengers of the national carrier to also accomodate his nieces romantic urges.
Of course. However he has no right to off load 56 passengers to accommodate a puppy. Could you comprehend that as a fact. I believe you could so.
Thanks Sundayleader. Don’t let these Suckers play these games. FJ you are a Great woman,We need people like you in this country. ” Unbowed” That’s what we want for bending leaders.
now why can’t the airline management put out the word and why scared for the job , why cannot the reveal the truth in the interest of the nation , these rogue politicos stay for 5 yrs and go but the country is the one to suffer , fredrica expose all these rogues behaviours internationally let not a single country give them visa and accept them
SHAME!!SHAME!!SHAME!! ON YOU GOTA!!!!!!
Using money of the poor people of Sri Lanka you should be ashamed of your self for using your power. No wonder the country is going down the drain with all the Rajapaskes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To concede a f….ng defeat despicably to a f……ng women and that an awful journalist consuming pigs and sh……. it, what is in store for some too, in the not too distant fture is indeed a delorable defeat to Gotabaya Rajapaksha, the King Maker and the real power to be. Captains Preveen and Madani and the Swiss, Chock , no, damn it, the Swiss Dog. What shameful exposure to disparage,blaspheme and put to shameful disgrace, the Royal family, the Defence mentality fraternity and the Gotabaya brutality, The defeat is orse than that of our beloved invincible Prabha. The Pen is definitely mightier than the horde.
The defence secretary and the rest of the brothers and stooges are all a big disgrace.They continue to stoop below gutter level and abuse the country’s funds and resources as if it was their own.
We all know which village these morons came from and what wealth and polish they did not have before getting into politics..Now trhey have robbed and plundered , not haveing any limits….to an extent that they wil allow the country and the national carrier to lose millions for the stupid sake of getting a dig down..wonder who has the rabies..the dog or its master?
Gota has said “pig eating shit” to Fredrica Jansz. Yes pigs eating shit is far better than Gota brothers, their families and the government eating and living luxuries at the expense of Sri Lankan tax payers who toil day and night. Hope they have some common sense to understand this.
Guess what..and the brothers think it is their posession and right to rob and plunder..they speand and live off the Govt funds..as if it is their own..We all know where their beginnings were and what they had..or did not have..