‘Govt should take concrete measures against pro-LTTE propaganda’

Suraj BANDARA

Senior lecturer of University of Colombo Dr Ms Anees said the government should make a concerted effort to negate the adverse campaign launched by pro-LTTE elements against Sri Lanka.

She said the United Nations and other international organizations are working under the US agenda.

Sri Lankan diplomatic missions overseas should have prevented this type of fake programmes being telecast by Channel 4 against the Sri Lankan government and security forces, she said.

The government should launch an organized mechanism to counter misleading and inaccurate flow of information and campaigns carried out by pro-LTTE elements and the Diaspora at international level, otherwise more fictitious and fake documents may surface in the future too.

“The political power of the Diaspora is immense and they can influence foreign countries with their overwhelming manpower and financial power.

‘The political leadership of many western countries could be misled by the Diaspora. Channel 4 documentary was a good example of this international conspiracy, she added.

‘This is a real manifestation of neocolonialism, she said. UN and all other international organizations backed by western countries are puppets of the USA and they maintain a policy of crippling other minor countries which are struggling to reach development. Therefore, many accusations would come in the future on the pretext of human rights or war crimes, she said.

‘Though the war had ended two years ago our diplomatic missions had not been successful in convincing the international community on the real situation in Sri Lanka. Though local media had given extensive publicity to the real war situation no international media campaign was carried out to expose the real picture. Therefore, Diaspora after losing the war began their campaign and fabricated stories to make the international community LTTE sympathizers, she said.

‘Therefore an international experts committee should be appointed to query the authenticity of these footages and any Sri Lankan should not be included in the committee.

Since UN is no more an independent organization, a committee comprisesed of members from all neutral countries should be encouraged to probe the Channel 4 documentary.’