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Wednesday, November 27, 2019
14 STRONG POLICE TEAM SEARCH NEWSHUB.LK NEWSROOM IN AN ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE THEM.
Image: This is a media suppression – Danushka Ramanayake.
26/11/2019
A Police team from the Mirihana Police searched the newsroom of
Newshub.lk this morning, investigating a complaint that there was
material that could be classified as hate-speech the Police Spokesman
SSP Ruwan Gunesekara has told RepublicNext today (26).
He said police had obtained a search warrant from the Nugegoda
Magistrate and carried out the investigation. No incriminating material
had been found, Gunesekara has further said.
Speaking to press former Media Director of the Ministry of Municipal
and Western Development Danushka Ramanayake has said that a police team
had inspected their political activities during the presidential
election searching the newshub.lk.
Mr. Ramanayake had said that any attempt to intimidate such institutions without a valid search warrant was condemned.
Pointing out that it is a repressive policy, Ramanayake said there
should be a formality to such an inquiry. The warrant the police team
has produced at the Newshub was dated December 2018. When asked who had
made the complaint police team had not responded.
A vehicle with a journalist working for pro- Rajapaksa TV channel had
had been waiting in front of the Newshub office while the police search
was on going.
The police officers had typed the word “Gota” in the search bars of the
computers to see whether there was any material regarding the newly
elected President, Gotabay Rajapaksa in the servers, according to
Ramanayake.
Mean while former FM Mangala Samaraweera tweeted that news editor of the
theleader.lk has been question by the police for 8 hours today.
The witch-hunt has begun! Sanjaya Danushka, news reader for ‘TheLeader.lk', a popular Youtube site supporting Sajith during the elections, questioned by CID for 8 hours. Ruwan Ferdinandez, my media chief, to be the next target?!?
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