Hackers wish Prabhakaran on Jaffna MC website

 Wednesday, 27 November 2013 

The website of the Jaffna Municipal Council was hacked yesterday (26) resulting in the authorities blocking the site from public viewing.

The hackers have left wishes for LTTE Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran for his birth anniversary that fell yesterday.
The Jaffna Municipal Council is headed by governing party ally, the EPDP and the hacking of the website has not been taken lightly by the government.

Meanwhile, TNA MP S. Sritharan also made a speech in parliament yesterday praising Prabhakaran and likened the LTTE’s cause, a freedom struggle.

However, governing party members had opposed Sritharan’s speech.

News on President-CJ clash removed

 Wednesday, 27 November 2013

On the instructions of the president, a top official of the Presidential Media Unit has influenced Vijaya Newspapers Ltd. against the publication of an article to the effect that the president and the chief justice are having a dispute regarding the date for the next presidential polls. Due to that influence, the newspapers have removed the article in question and sent the newspapers for a reprint, according to internal sources at the company.

The CJ is having a decision unpopular with the president regarding the constitutionality of holding a presidential election next year. The president is also cross with the CJ over his attempts of late to gain popularity among the people. After the president came to know about the articles to be published in ‘Lankadeepa’ and ‘Daily Mirror’ the presidential media unit had influenced the newspapers and got them halted.

A top official of the PMU has telephoned the lady editor of ‘Daily Mirror’ and was told about the article to be published. The order to halt its publication came on the advice of the CJ.