Threats on journalist condemned

COLOMBO: The Sri Lanka Working Journalists' Association (SLWJA) in a release yesterday said Observer Deputy editor Prasad Gunawardena has received several death threats following a story published in the Observer of August 20 regarding the VAT scam and birth certificate fraud.

The release said the Association vehemently condemned death threats posed to journalists in the cause of their duties in searching the truth and divulging information about persons engaged in various activities directly affecting the people.

Gunawardena has personally met the IGP and complained about the death threats received by him and the Association hoped the Police would act fast to bring the culprits involved to book.