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Inspector General of Police Mahinda Balasuriya yesterday said he had given strict instructions to conduct a full-scale inquiry into the attack on the Sirasa Television office. The IGP had directed Colombo DIG H.M.D. Herath to deploy a special Police team to investigate the attack and submit
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By Mandana Ismail Abeywickrema Police Chief Mahinda Balasuriya vehemently denied having reprimanded the DIG for Colombo H. M. B. Herath and the Slave Island OIC K. M. Perera for taking action and intervening in the attack on MTV/MBC last Monday (22). The Sunday Leader has learned that political pressure on the Police Chief, compelled the IGP to censure [...]
Media Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena declined to comment on the attack. Claiming that ..
(Lanka-e-News, March 26, 2010, 7.30PM) The Slave island police today (26) made a request to the Fort Magistrate Lanka Jayaratne to order the Sirasa media Institution to release the video coverage they had made...
Mar 26, Colombo: The Colombo Fort Magistrate has today (26) ordered the MTV network to hand over the video footage of the attack on MTV/MBC office premises to the police.
The Colombo Fort Magistrate today ordered the Administrative Director of Sirasa to hand over the video footage of the entire attack on the MTV/MBC network to the police to conduct further investigations and arrest the suspects involved.
The Colombo Fort Magistrate today ordered the Administrative Director of Sirasa to hand over the video footage of the entire attack on the MTV/MBC network to the police to conduct...
(Lanka-e-News 25.March.2010 11.30PM) National security media center Director General Lakshman Hulugalle at a Press conference on 24th said ,the National Sangha Sabha...
A senior Minister form the Colombo District said that it was JHU Theoretician and Minister Champika Ranawaka who had instigated the President and created the necessary background for the attack on the Sirasa media institution on the 22nd evening.
As a media network which makes a vital contribution on behalf of the masses, ITN’s task is to report to the people the incidents taking place in the country and not to forcibly burden the public on behalf of the welfare of the network. However, today, ITN laments over the wastage of air time by [...]
Mar 25, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Buddhist nationalist party Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) and its affiliate, the today (25) denied any involvement in the attack on Sirasa media network.
The police following a lethargic policy and neglecting to take legal action despite there is clear evidence and information regarding the attack on ‘Sirasa’ is surprising states People’s Lawyers Association.
Minister of Export Development and International Trade Prof. G.L. Peiris has pointed out that comprehensive investigations are being carried...
The Government has deplored efforts made to drag it to the thug attack on the Sirasa Head Office, Minister...
A demonstration was held in Matara town protesting against the thug attack on ‘Sirasa’ media institution. The demonstration jointly organized by Democratic National Alliance and several other organizations continued for more than an hour.
The Government has refused visa for American singer Akon who had denigrated the Buddha Dhamma and the Buddhist culture. The Sri Lankan Government decided not to grant visa to the pop singer who was the issue to the clash opposite the Sirasa head office at Braybrooke Place in Colombo
Comprehensive investigations are being carried out into the incident reported opposite the “Sirasa” media institution. Expressing views at a news briefing today, Director General of the Media Centre for National Security Lakshman Hulugalla said that certain groups were exploiting the incident
The Government has deplored efforts made to drag it to the thug attack on the Sirasa Head Office. Expressing views to the media today, Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena said that the Cabinet ratified the Government’s decision to reject a visa to American pop singer Akon, on the basis
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The 16 persons arrested for attacking ‘Sirasa’ head office, injured its employees and damaged property were released on police bail today (23rd) morning. The police spokesman SP Prishanthe Jayakody said those who were arrested were released on police bail and a report will be submitted
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The “Sirasa” staff had attacked the protest staged opposite the Sirasa Head Office against the denigration of local culture and the Buddha Dhamma. Critics point out that neither a media establishment nor any other individual can take the law into their hands. The demonstrators who were caught
The government should take measures to punish those goons who carried out the attack on the head office of ‘Sirasa’ media institution and prove that it was not engineered by the government say ‘Journalists against Suppression.’
The Slave Island Police yesterday took into custody 16 suspects who are alleged to have damaged the buildings of Sirasa...
(Lanka-e-News 23.March.2010 1.30AM) Sirasa Media chain which has its news unit at the Maharaja Organization Building at Braybrooke place came under attack last afternoon...
The Braybrooke Place office of MBC Network, owners of MTV/Sirasa TV was attacked a short while ago by a group who pelted stones at the complex. READ MORE...
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