LankaeNews journalist Shantha Wijesuriya, who is currentlyy in the N Ward of the Mahara Prison in remand custody, has been inhumanlyassaultedd by a prison guard.
Wijesuriya has lodged a complaint with the chief jailer of the Mahara Prison that a prison guard called Chandralal had assaulted him in public for no reason when those in remand at the prison were being taken out from the ward. Lanka News Web learns that a majority of the inmates and jailers at the Mahara Prison have expressed their displeasure at the incident.
It has now been revealed that the arrest of the LankaeNews journalist Shantha Wijesuriya and
the temporary suspension of the website following a court order has been carried out according to the strategic plan of the government. Wijesuriya was remanded following an order by the Pugoda Magistrate on contempt of court charges over a story published in the website stating that Pugoda Magistrate Aravinda Perera had ignored a request made by the Attorney General to release the police personnel in custody over the death a person while in the Kirindiwela Police.
Wijesuriya is in custody till May 12.
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News Paper Editor attacked at Kathankudy: Journalist under murder threats from UPFA Goverment MP !
Rahumathulla , the chief Editor of ‘Vaara urikal’ Kathankudi weekly newspaper was attacked brutally by an unidentified group with rods after throwing chillie powder on his face. Because this weekly paper was exposing corruption , frauds and irregularities in Muslim mosques in Katankudy and those districts , the office where the newspaper was produced was on an earlier occasion set on fire .
It is reported that a politician of the area is behind the assault on him. Rahumathullah who sustained injuries due to this attack is taking treatment in the Batticaloa Hospital where he is admitted.
Meanwhile , a media personnel who has been holding various positions in the Sri Lanka Organizations in Matale electorate for 35 years and working as a journalist for 36 years , has because of arrangements made by a Govt. MP representing the Matale district been subject to threats of assault or murder. D B Elkaduwa this targeted victim has lodged a complaint with the Warakapola police.
The complaint has been recorded under reference K .S. E ii 222/111.
Based on instructions from the Govt. Defense Secretary office , after Elkaduwa had informed several divisions , a mobile police vehicle was sent to inquire into details. He had also intimated to the President and the defense secretary about the murder threats , Elkaduwa added.
Source; Lankaenews.com ( http://www.lankaenews.com/English/news.php?id=10714)
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