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The media minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa says that there is no issue of media freedom in Sri Lanka while the country has been ranked low down on the index of media freedom published by the Paris based Reporters without Boarders organization. He claims that certain individuals and organizations are providing misleading and in accurate information to the international media watch dogs.
Minister Yapa dismissed claims on undue influence to journalists by Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapksha saying that “he always responds positively to journalists “ The Defence Secretary had been accused of threatening the editor of the Daily Mirror newspaper and making comments with a detrimental effect to press freedom. The media minister said that the government has always investigated killings and abductions of journalists in the North. “It’s the lack of information that prevents the police bringing successful prosecutions”, said Minister Yapa.
Commenting on the incident where Labour Minister Mervin Silva’s intrusion to the Sri Lanka Rupavahni Corporation and the incidents that followed , the minister said that the government has deployed three police teams and investigations are underway. “It’s unfair to say that the government has not acted in the Mervin Silva’s incident” said Minister Yapa. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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