Slain former MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachanda was an advisor to President

The family of presidential adviser Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra was not happy about the investigations and question why parliamentarian Duminda Silva was not a suspect in the investigation.

Minister Keheliya Rambukwella referring to MP Duminda Silva told media on Thursday that it is not possible to question a person who is unconscious in connection with this murder.

No interference

"We assure you that the government will neither take sides or interfere with the investigation," he said.

The government is accused by the opposition that it is trying to cover up the assassination of Mr. Premachandra.

United National Party (UNP) MP, Dayasiri Jayasekera told Parliament on Wednesday that certain police officers investigating the murder case have been transferred.

He told Sandesaya that there should be an investigation without any influence and pre-judgements.

Family unhappy

"The family of the fomer MP Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra is unhappy the way the investigations are conducted" he said.

He said that the government should ensure a free inquiry into this case but certain acts have indicated a 'possible cover up'.

He said two web sites, 'Lanka e News' and 'Lanka Newsweb' which had articles and video footage about Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra are now not accessible to Sri Lankan viewers.

Web sites blocked

Lanka e News carried the last speech made by Bharatha Lakshman Premachandra at the last local government elections, he said.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in a statement said that it is alarmed by reports that access to anti-government news website Lanka eNews has been blocked inside Sri Lanka.

	Defence Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa with advisor Duminda Silva

It said that a Sri Lankan journalist told CPJ by email on Thursday that the shutdown could have stemmed from Lanka eNews' October 15 coverage of a shootout involving parliamentarians close to Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa, brother of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

"The blocking of access to Lanka eNews inside Sri Lanka is the next step in the government's move toward silencing this adamantly anti-establishment website," said Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program co-ordinator.