Sri Lanka: Gotabhaya threatens Mirror editor over Karuna story (TamilNet)
Yahoo April 17th, 2007
Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa threatened the editor of a leading English daily on Tuesday, saying the paper's coverage of actions of the Karuna Group had angered the Army-backed paramilitaries, a media watchdog said. Mr. Gothabaya, brother of President Mahinda Rajapakse, had Tuesday morning telephoned Ms. Champika Liyanarachchi, editor of the Daily Mirror to say she should not ...
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