Sri Lanka, Feb. 13 -- Who do you want to back, Citizen?
A YouTube video going viral on social media has a state official going one-on-one with a politician. Well, not exactly one-on-one because the politician had in his corner what could be assumed was a section of his constituency. Not exactly in the corner. They were in the ring, so to speak.
It was a discussion about encroachments. The politician, Sanath Nishantha Perera (MP, Puttalam District, United People's Freedom Alliance) is the State Minister of Fisheries and Inland Fisheries Industry. He sided with the complainants, who wanted laws and regulations swept aside and mangroves destroyed.
The official, Devanee Jayathilaka is an Assistant Conservator of Forests. She spoke of the l...