Upul lodges a complaint against the Police Media Spokesman
Attorney at law Upul Premaratne has been accused by the Police Media Spokesman Assistant Superintendent of Police Ruwan
Gunasekara for a grave statement made him to the media that the attorney at law has defended the suspect Dunesh Priyashanth alias Kodaya who is a figure notorious for abusing underage girls as he got him released in the rape and murder of Seya Sadewnmi of Kotadeniyawa.The attorney at law Upul Premaratne has lodged a complaint against the Police Media Spokesman for his statement to the Police Commission.
Addressing a media conference the Attorney at law Upul Premaratne had said that the role of the Police Media Spokesman in police activities is similar to that of "Mudliar" and to report to the media about the police activities into various crimes and incidents. He had said it not his duty to utter anything against the attorneys at law who appear for suspects as in this instance case and about their etiquettes.
By this statement he had challenged the etiquettes of the attorneys at law at large.This complaint had been made by attorney at law Upul Premaratne along with a number of other attorneys at law.The picture below shows how this group of attorneys at law proceeded to the Police commission to hand over this complaint.
