Cameron has been misled - Murali

Murali tells truth to British PM .....
and does his duty by the country

British premier David Cameron came to Sri Lanka to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting after being led astray by misleading information of the diaspora. Even on the very first day of his visit he had made a tour to he North and returned after giving ear to the grievances of Tamil people who had suffered from the 30 year war. What he told after meeting the President was to investigate into the violation of Human Rights and killings in the North, before the end of March next year and if not, he would take steps to inform the United Nations Organisation and strict measures would be imposed

In the process, Cameron met cricketer Muralitharan yesterday and took interest in playing with him. On that occasion there were many Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim nationals at the grounds.Cameron was interested in having a tete-a-tete with Murali, the latter being a cricketing star of Sri Lanka from the Tamil community.

On this occasion what Muralitharan told Cameron was, "Don't be led astray". Murali had also explained to him that incidents which happened as a result of the war was so numerous and that not only one party ... but both parties are responsible in such a situation. He also said that it is difficult to understand everything because of opposing stories told by 25 or 30 people whose children have died; especially as a person who had travelled to the North, not having stepped into Sri Lanka before. Murali had further said that it would never be possible to develop peace between the two communities by digging into the past and if looking forward towards growth and development, all past mistakes should be forgotten.

When Murali met British Prime Minister, the British Channel 4 mediamen too had gone there to report on this conversation and had taken steps to inquire about what transpired and his views have been recorded separately. The interview they had with Murali was broadcast via their Channel in the following manner.

The dialogue between Murali and Channel 4 is as follows:
 "David Cameron has completely been misled. I don't know whether he had visited Sri Lanka even during his youth .. whatever it is, this is the first time that he went to the North. Just because 25 or 30 parents come and display their posters ... can such stories be believed? These people can mislead international leaders who have never come here before. When that happens ... it's difficult to assess the truth. In the 80s, my house too was burnt down. Those are not problems for me. Only when there is an understanding and harmony between the two communities can we go forward. Why does someone want to dig into a past which nobody knows .... and which is useless? Anything can happen during the course of a war .... there are mistakes on both sides. Nothing can be solved by digging into the past. What I say is that that is not a suitable thing to do. None of us any use of old things. Even Lord Jesus Christ has said that if we are to go forward successfully .... we must forget past things. Isn't it so?"

The programme conducted by Murali with Channel 4, from BELOW