Reports about the prison authorities’ provocative actions that ignited the clashes have been buried. Now prison authorities are reportedly preparing to charge some 200 prisoners with “rioting.” President Dissanayake himself has been involved in discussions with ministers and prison authorities about plans for “prison reforms,” supposedly to prevent future violence. The USP and Socialist People’s Alliance are both affiliated to opportunist international bodies that falsely claim to be Trotskyist. Casting around for other means for justifying the cold-blooded killing of prisoners, Nagamuwa asks whether tear gas was used, whether rubber bullets were deployed, and whether warning shots were fired.