Police investigating Mervin
The police are conducting investigations on the details of the statement made by Minister Mervin Silva concerning journalist Poddala Jayantha.
Police Media Spokesperson SP Ajith Rohana told Ceylon Today that legal action would be taken in connection with the statement if the police are able to find adequate evidence relating to the statement.
“The police are conducting investigations on the remark made by Minister Mervin Silva about the attack on a journalist. According to criminal investigation procedures, there are five methods in which the police are supposed to analyze such a statement,” he said.
SP Rohana said that such remarks are sometimes made by the suspect for no apparent reason, due to a mental disorder, in order to gain publicity, to get rid of a person who is posing a threat to a particular individual and to determine whether the statement is actually valid.
Currently the police are analyzing the statement made by Minister Silva about attacking and chasing away journalist Poddala Jayantha immediately after stating that he himself has been responsible for the series of attacks on journalists in the country.
The Minister also previously threatened to break the limbs of human rights activists Sunanda Deshapriya, Nimalka Fernando and Dr. Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu, accusing them of having worked against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council held in Geneva earlier this month.
Courtesy: Ceylon Today

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what ever it is, this wanker dominates form ruling party.Files will be closed. these are some kind of cheatings and pretensions for the innocent public by the Gov.
Silva is a very good example for one who is uneducated and represented as a cabinet minister in the state council.
Final results of the investigation will be due to a mental disorder and in order to gain publicity.Innocent public are cheated.
its giving bad image to government by this third class minister.
There is no investigation without the knowledge of Mr.President. Don’t believe these so called investigations. Thase are black magics of the governing bodies of the parliament and the exucutive president of Great Sri Lanka.
Dayaratne Bandara.
Riyadh, Saudi Arbia.
Save the soul not the body