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‘Ministerial’
thugs go berserk
A Sirasa TV media team was assaulted, with their camera smashed
and vehicle damaged by an identified gang early morning yesterday
at Kiribathgoda, whilst covering Vesak celebrations in the
area.
A spokesman for the TV Channel said that the gang had inquired
whether they were from Sirasa and threatened that they cannot
film the Vesak pandal at the Kiribathgoda pola. Subsequently,
the gang, whilst holding the crew and vehicle under threat,
had called whom they described as a “Minister, to get
instructions on how to proceed”.
Thereafter,
the gang had beaten the journalists and smashed the camera
as well as windscreen and windows of the vehicle. The journalists
had lodged a complaint at the Kiribathgoda police. The Free
Media Movement yesterday condemned the attack on journalists.
Sirasa TV has come under constant attack by Minister Mervyn
Silva, who is from the area.
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