New operation from CID to eradicate opponents
UNP leadership council member, Mangala Samaraweera says that an operation with the government's backing has been put in motion to terrorise journalists, civil activists and politicians who publicly criticise some of the government’s actions.
He further stressed that introducing themselves as from the CID, telephoning the neighbours of such activists and requesting information on those individuals are undertaken by this operation.
He also said that a large number of such incidents have been reported where attempts to frighten activists were carried out by informing them through neighbours that the security forces are on vigilance.