10/07/2011
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BBC
"Nearly a thousand people gathered in front of Dompe police station threw stones and set fire to police properties in protest against the death of Gayan Rasanga, a father of one, in police custody.
“Some even throw stones for fun when mobs get together,” the minister said adding that it is not a positive phenomenon that people take the law into their hands."
05/11/2011
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Daily Mirror
Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva said he has trained a team of suicide combatants to protect the country and the President if the need arises.
09/09/2010
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BBC
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has reappointed a minister who tied a government official to a tree last month in the capital, Colombo.
08/17/2010
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Sunday Leader
Former Deputy Minister of Highways Mervyn Silva left Parliamentary proceedings after interrupting an Opposition MP during oral question time in Parliament today.
08/11/2010
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BBC Sinhala
President Mahinda Rajapaksa has decided to sack deputy minster of highways, Dr. Mervyn Silva, the presidential secretariat confirmed.
08/10/2010
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AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka's president Tuesday sacked a maverick minister who had tied a state official to a tree as punishment for failing to control the spread of dengue fever in the country, an official said.
08/10/2010
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Hindustan Times
During his 13 trail-blazing days as deputy media minister in late April, Mervyn Silva, had shared with us his ideas about how to support journalists. It included sacrificing his conjugal commitments so that he could be on call 24/7 to assist reporters in distress and even cook for us on somewhat of
08/06/2010
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Associated Press, The Scotsman
HUNDREDS of state government workers in Sri Lanka staged protests yesterday against a government minister who tied an official to a tree as a punishment for failing to attend a mosquito eradication programme.
04/27/2010
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BBC
A journalists' pressure group has strongly criticised the appointment of a Sri lankan deputy media minister "notorious for attacking journalists".
03/22/2010
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ColomboPage
Sri Lanka Minister of Labor Mervyn Silva urged the voters of Gampaha district to usher Mr. Basil Rajapaksa to the premiership of the country following the upcoming election.