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Certain newspapers give distorted versions of incidents -Maj.Gen. Fonseka Jaffna Special correspondent The Army has no revenge or enmity with the media. Certain newspapers in Jaffna give slanted or distorted versions of incidents where the army is involved. The media must refrain from publishing such news, said Northern Forces Commander Major General Sarath Fonseka. Journalists have the right to collect news from anywhere they like. But that does not mean that they should overstep this right and creep into crowds in tense moments and lose their identify. They should not rush forward and take photographs of Forces while they disperse a violent or and antagonistic crowd, he told the North Sri Lanka Journalists Association when he met them on how to avert confrontation with forces in tense moments. The Jaffna SLMM arranged the meeting between the Palaly Army High Command and the North Sri Lanka Journalists Association to discuss ways and means of minimising attacks on mediamen by security forces. S. Kathirgamathamby, President, North Sri Lanka Journalists Association said Jaffna's Mediamen are subjected to attacks by the Forces when any violent incident erupts in Jaffna. "This is perhaps due to misunderstanding by the Army's rank and file. They perceive that the media personnel are in the field to denigrate the actions of the forces," he said. "We need the army's cooperation and they too need ours. This reciprocation should be spontaneous and ever lasting. We are concerned about the personal security of our members. We guarantee that our members shall not gave the security forces provocation as you put it to use the minimum force," he said. |
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