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Unknown
gangs stalk SLPI head - FMM
Sri
Lankan press associations yesterday expressed their serious
concern about the alleged stalking of the Sri Lanka Press
Institute Director General, Ranga Kalansooriya.
Issuing a statement, Sri Lanka’s five largest media organisations
including the Free Media Movement (FMM) said they were, “deeply
disturbed to note that suspicious and unknown gangs have repeatedly
followed Mr. Ranga Kalansooriya, the Director General of the
Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) under various pretexts.”
“SLPI is a very well known and highly respected media
institution in Sri Lanka, collectively run by the Editors
Guild of Sri Lanka, the Newspaper Owners Society, the Free
Media Movement and Sri Lanka Working Journalists Association.
SLPI runs the Sri Lanka College of Journalism (SLCJ) and manages
the Press Council of Sri Lanka,” the statement said.
According to the statement, the FMM has learned that two unknown
groups have been loitering around Kalansooriya’s residence
over the past couple of days, with one group being there as
early as 5.45 in the morning. It said that the group wanted
to know the whereabouts of Mr. Kalansooriya on the pretext
that there was a parcel to hand over to him. “The previous
week, an anonymous caller. noting that he had ventured into
the SLPI office, threatened to kill all the staff. A complaint
was made to the police regarding this incident,” the
statement added.
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