Unlawful Arrest & Deportation of British Touris: A case of abuse of power by police in restricting civil liberties in a most dishonourable manner

J.C. Weliamuna

Unlawful Arrest & Deportation of British Tourist; A close look at the series of illegal steps taken by law enforcement authorities

JC Weliamuna Ms. Naomi Michelle Coleman, a British Tourist with wide travel experience in many Buddhist Countries who had a large tattoo of the Buddha and of a Hindu God on a lotus flower on her right arm, arrived in Sri Lanka on 21st April 2014. She passed through immigration counters and came out of the Airport to the arrivals lounge and came out of the main arrival building. She responded to the media before being deported and disclosed what happened to her at the time of arrest: “taxi driver then approached her and said that her body art would be a problem.

Sri Lanka: Political thugs take over tourist sea-sides ; victimes afraid even to complain

Bach Boys!

‘Beach boy’ menace would kill the goose that lays golden eggs; Political patronage makes the situation worse

The beach boy menace is raising its ugly head once again in some of the key tourist resorts and hospitality industry sources complain that if the steps are not taken to curb their thug like behavior it will have disastrous consequences on the burgeoning tourism industry in the country.

Sexual harassment of tourists in the south continues unabated

Nadia Fazlulhaq
Police are recording frequent complaints of sexual harassment of tourists in the South, with the latest report of sexual harassment of an Israeli female tourist by a local. On Sinhala and Tamil New Year’s day, a 32-year-old Israeli tourist was sexually harassed while on the beach, when her husband had gone to the nearby beach resort in Mirissa, where they were staying.

Police start tracking tourists in Sri Lanka; looks like surveillance - a hotel executive

AFP- Sri Lanka's police have begun keeping track of foreign tourists to "ensure their own safety", officials announced on Monday.
 Hotels and guest houses have been told to submit weekly reports of their foreign guests as part of a new security plan for tourists, police spokesman Buddhika Siriwardena said.