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Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella has told journalists in the North that the government will act upon those who attacked a senior journalist in the north. The News Editor of the Jaffna based 'Uddayan' Newspaper Gnanasundaram Kuganathan who was seriously injured in the attack Media minister Rambukwella said “the government or the president will not protect wrong doers” The media minister officiated at a journalism training programme for Tamil media Journalists in Kokavil , Killinochi. Responding to a question on allegations that Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) members have been accused of being involved in the attack Minister Rambukwella said any one could bring in allegations but we need to wait for the police investigations to be concluded before jumping to conclusions. Meanwhile, media watch dog Reporters without Borders (RSF) said that “The violence used by journalist Kuganathan’s attackers clearly shows they did not intend him to survive” The RSF pointed out that "this attack must not be the prelude to a new wave of violence against journalists, which has been on the wane during the past year, in part because so many journalists are in exile. We remind the authorities that impunity continues to encourage wrongdoers.” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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