Sri Lanka Defence Ministry denies reports that govt is planning to arrest weekend newspaper editor (Update)
ColomboPage December 29th, 2006Dec 29, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence today vehemently denied accusations leveled in the media that the government is planning to arrest a weekend newspaper editor under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). Rumours spread yesterday that Editor-in-Chief of the Sunday Leader newspaper, Lasantha Wickramathunga, would be taken into custody for publishing a news item in the paper’s last issue related to President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s security….
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