To serve and protect

Another journalist kidnapped and another still missing. Is the country moving from oppressing people based on ethnicity to profession now?

As humans I find we are prejudiced in many ways. More often than not we live in denial of the fact, and the Sri Lankan government is either in gross denial or simply pretending to be naive about its prejudices. Its more than just that, this whole "white van" issue reeks of thuggery and intimidation. What gets me is the constant comment about the government not having anything to do with the police. Isn't the police force ultimately answerable to the government and don't they represent the government? Don't they swear to serve and protectthe citizens, perhaps in this case it is the government they swear to protect from negative publicity.