Dinesh Asanka Fernando
Wannukawatta-Waduge, age 36, a Sri-Lankan national working in Cayman,
died from injuries he had received during an incident at Bananas Bar
in Dolphin Plaza on Eastern Avenue early Saturday morning, 30
November.

The RCIPS are appealing for witnesses.

RCIPS detectives have been reviewing
CCTV footage taken during the incident, and have determined that
there was an altercation at the location shortly before the man’s
death. Detectives are aware that several persons were at the location
at the time and witnessed the altercation and may be able to provide
much needed assistance in the investigation.

“The victim in this senseless and
tragic incident was a hard-working man who simply wanted to provide
for his family back in Sri Lanka. His death leaves behind a wife
suffering from a life-threatening illness, and a four-year-old
daughter who is now facing the prospect of losing both parents,”
said Deputy Commissioner Kurt Walton. “What is also truly sad is
that, although we know there were dozens of people at the location at
the time, not one person has come forward to assist us in this
investigation. We know that if this were your parent or family
member, you would want someone to come forward to help. All we ask is
put yourself in this family’s shoes, contact us and help us get to
the truth.”

Walton is right. You MUST come forward.

I fully understand the reluctance of
some people to do the tight thing. They are suspicious of the police.

Many are annoyed at the police for some
of the petty traffic offenses they are ticketed for when a warning
would have sufficed and made the police community relationship
stronger.

My wife (who is 85) was ticketed for
being in a Handicapped Parking slot at the Cayman Islands Hospital in
George Town for exactly ten minutes whilst being watched by two
police officers sitting in their car waiting for someone. Technically
they were correct to ticket her. However, she was walking with much
difficulty with a stick having suffered injuries from a traffic
accident. There was nowhere else to park except that one vacant
space. The two officers saw all this.

Human beings are not robots. They have
a mind. They can make decisions on what they can see are exceptional
circumstances.

My wife was obviously furious and had
to drive into to George Town and pay the fine at the office where
there is nowhere to park close by. Thankfully, a private Security
Guard assisted her.

Ticketing for illegal tints on
windscreens and forgetting to put your lights on and driving off in
the dark warrants a warning. Instead, we get gleeful statistics from
the RCIPS showing the numbers of people they have targeted for this.
There don't appear to be one person ticketed for not signaling,
especially at a roundabout!

How many accidents have been caused by
illegal tints?

All that does is cause the public to almost hate the police and contribute to their reluctance to help them.

Two WRONGS don't make a right. Therefore, YOU MUST do what is right. Come forward. PLEASE.