Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Government realy wants to punish channel 4 (UK)




Sri Lankan government relay wants to hit back to UK based tv station called channel four telecasting fake video which shows Sri Lankan army uniform men kill naked nine men.

"Sri Lanka’s Attorney General Mohan Peiris is due in UK tomorrow to explore the possibilities of taking legal action against British broadcaster Channel 4 for airing controversial video footage of alleged military killings of unarmed LTTE cadres" Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said.

Minister futher says to dailymirror.lk "Attorney General would meet with the lawyers representing Sri Lanka and discuss with them the best legal way in which to proceed with the broadcaster. He said that the AG would also meet with the Press Complaints Commission in the UK with regards to this issue and seek redress."

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