Daily Archives: April 5, 2010
Fasting monks forcibly removed – journalists harassed
A Colombo Court yesterday ordered the Fort police to investigate how an unidentified gang alleged to be policemen in civvies had allegedly taken away the monks who were on a fast unto death opposite the Fort Railway station to urge the government to release retired General Sarath Fonseka from detention.
Journalist lodges complaint
A provincial correspondent of the Daily Mirror newspaper lodged a complaint with the Ampara police today claiming he was threatened over the phone by the former Director of the Civil Defence Force Rear Admiral (Rtd) Sarath Weerasekera.
Absence of fairness and executive control of legal process
No citizen has a special privilege where committing crimes is concerned. Whether the crime is that of murder or rape, income tax fraud or the non-disclosure of information relating to income, it makes no difference.
Journalist threatened by ruling party candidate Rear Admiral ( rtd) Weerasekara
MFSL has received credible evidence that on the 04 April 2010, ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance ( UPFA) candidate, former director of Civil Defence Forces, Rear Admiral (Rtd) Sarath Weerasekara threatened Ampara district senior journalists Wasantha Chadrapala for his coverage of the on going election campaign.
