Labour Minister Mervin Silva was stormed the state-owned Rupavahini
Corporation and assaulted its News Director P.M.G. Chandrasekara and
threatened its staffin 2007 December 27th. According to news the
Minister was accompanied by his henchmen ' kudu lal'. Afterwards, Silva
had entered the room of the Chairman of the Rupavahini Corporation.
The Minister`s henchmen have dragged Chandrasekara after the minister. Even though Chandrasekara managed to escape from their clutches, he was reportedly assaulted yet again and dragged into the Chairman`s room. SLRC sources say that the staff of Rupavahini has surrounded the Chairman`s room to demand an apology from the Minister. A tense situation has arisen following the incident at the Rupavahini Corporation premises. Condemning the attack, Convener of the Free Media Movement, Sunanda Deshapriya said that that this is not the first time that Minister Mervyn Silva has assaulted and threatened journalists and media institutions. The video is in the second page , you can watch if you are interested. |
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