Harry J wants strays  gunned!

By Cassie Mascarenhas 

Controversial businessman Harry Jayawardena who serves as Chairman of the Aitken Spence conglomerate is alleged to have ordered municipal authorities to gun down all stray dogs loitering around his business premises situated in Colombo 2, animal activists charged Friday.

The alleged move has sparked massive outrage among the country’s animal loving public. However Aitken Spence Deputy Chairman/Managing Director Rajan Brito shot down the allegations saying that everyone at Aitken Spence were dog lovers and thus the allegations levelled were completely false.

“Harry Jayawardena would never dream of doing such a thing. Yes we do have a problem regarding stray dogs outside Aitken Spence but no such measures will be taken,” Brito claimed.

Jayawardena is known for his gun strutting moves, and was at the centre of controversy some years back when he had pulled out a gun and threatened several customs officers who were conducting an inquiry into an alleged under-invoicing scam by a subsidiary of Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka (DCSL) which cost the government millions of rupees in duties.