Government condemns torching of E-News Website
The Government condemns the torching of Lanka-e-News as an act of criminals to discredit the Government.
The Minister of Mass Media and Information Mr. Keheliya Rambukwella, issuing a Press Release on the incident, describes the attack on the Sri Lanka-e-News Media Institution as a malicious attempt to place the government in an intricate position.
The Minister explains that it has been a continuous practice of certain criminals to attack media personnel and media institutions when there are elections on the card and on occasions there were issues related to Sri Lanka in the international arena and thereby place the blame on the government with the motive of discrediting the government. He adds that this fact becomes very clear when incidents relating to assassinations of media personnel, attack on media personnel and media institutions are examined thoroughly.
The President has instructed the Inspector General of Police and the Ministry of Mass Media and Information to conduct immediate investigations on the attack on the Lanka-e-News Institution.
Minister Rambukwella further states that the government which has permitted the operation of various Websites and Media Institutions has no need to curb the activities of these institutions and the security services will take appropriate and immediate action to bring those responsible for this incident before the Laws of the country. (niz)
Source: Government News Portal
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Mr.Rambukwella,
Everyone in Sri Lanka knows that you are a proffesional laundryman of Mr.President of Sri Lanka. You don’t have to put that label on you again and again.
Dayaratne Bandara.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
after a deep investigations they’ll figure out this burnt itself…
01 Feb,2011 News Paper headline, Provincial Election candidate of UNP Mr.X is arrested in connection with E-News Media Institution,
This may be the work of thugs of rival a political party eg JVP, in order to bring discredit to the government of MR. Such acts happen well-timed before an election, so at to mislead the nation into voting against the current government. Let us wait for the police to insetigate and bring to justice the real miscreants.
Nicholas,
You are living in cuckooland. Just read the on-line version of lanka-e-news; you will find pointers to the perpetrators of this heinous crime against the grains of democracy.
Nicholas
blind imbecile bastard are you mad or nature…?
It is very sad that the freedom of Media is very much limited in Sri Lanka.
Mohamed Shareef Asees
Before the last Presidential election also, SF’s party member, and friend, Tiran Alles’ house was also fire- bombed to pre-plan by their own thugs, in order to try to blame Hon President for it. This is dirty tricks on the part of the opposition, especially the likes of JVP and SF’s party, whatever it is now. Our people are intelligent and will not swallow such election gimmicks, to vote against the UPFA. Nearer LG election time, there will be more such dirty tricks played by the JVP, SF brigade with the support of the UNP and the TNA to try to gain more seats at local government elections. There will be allegations of white van abductions and killings, to try to pin it on the government. But people will not fall for it.
Do not blame the government for the high cost of living. It is even higher in the West and in Asia also. Thanks God due to the Government’s policies it is bearable in SL. Good times are ahead as we win the economic battle also under Mahinda Chintanaya.
Nicholas,
Strange to see a person of your calibre deeply ensconced in cuckooland. It is your kind of sycophancy that misleads the leadership towards a big black hole just as is with in Tunisia and now in Egypt.
There are corrupt governments led by corrupt dictators not only in Tunisia and Egypt but also in Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Somalia, Nigeria etc. This is unfortunately the way of the world due to corrput human nature. There would be no Russian, French and Chinese revolutions if not for corrupt and evil dictatorships. Hitler, Stalin, Idi Amin, Saddam Hussein and VP are other evil dictators, that had come and gone, having created mayhem and suffering for their peoples.
Unfortunately, power corrupts. Once they have the taste of it they forget all their high priciples and ideals. The plight of the poor are forgotten. Rural villages are neglected. Their infrastructure, schools and hospitals are delapidated and neglected.
Uprisings by JVP and VP, crying for eelam are not the solutions. Because their leaders are anarchists and dictators. We cannot replace one misguided regime that has lost its way with another. JVP are anarchists with communist concepts of government that have failed and have been rejected even in Russia and China today.
Our best option is to continue to work with MR and get him to ammend his ways and stick to his Mahinda Chintanaya 2, for an economic revival, that will lift the quality of life for all, and not for just the rich few and the people in power. I have several times found fault with MR government for neglecting the identified needs of the people. I will continue to constructively criticise the government of MR to try to get them to return to MR’s high priciples of a better future for all. It is very unfortunate he has surrounded himself with the drop-outs and debris from other parties who have flocked to his side to gain largesse for themselves and their families. I criticise it strongly and deplore it. I am so sad for the common man who has to struggle for daily survival while some rich minsters enjoy life to the full and do f..k all. I am sorry DC and others if you think I am a sycophant. I am not. It is just that we have no alternative. We just have to work with the bufoons we have to get them back to the correct road. The alternative is chaos and anarchy. As for you DC, we know you are a diaspora LTTE beating the eelam drum. And some others are JVP riff-raff. Your lot will have no place in SL unless you change and ammend your ways to participate to build a better SL for all for generations to come.
This is all the GOSL hogwash. I do not think anyone believes anything the GOSL says.
Let me guess. There will be an inquiery and a commission will be formed. In the end no result. Everything gets under the carpet / rug.
It happens all the time and there are people who still believe in the GOSL and MR and his gang.
Nicholas is the true MR supporter. They cannot be treated.