Why did Channel 4 take three to four years to screen the documentary
Minister Rambukwella asks:
Disna Mudalige
The entire Channel Four episode is fabricated and the government
completely denies and rejects the so called allegations in their footage
on the last stages of war in Sri Lanka, Mass Media and Information
Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.
Addressing the Cabinet press briefing at the Ministry Auditorium
yesterday, the minister said
the release of this kind of sensational footages on the verge of the
UNHRC session in Geneva is an organized agenda of the pro LTTE diaspora
to tarnish the image of the country. The minister questioned why the
Channel Four took 3 to 4 years to come up with this documentary without
releasing it soon after the war. Observing the pattern, the minister
said it could be easily predicted the next doctored documentary of the
Channel Four on the war in Sri Lanka would be released just before the
UNHRC session next year.
The minister requested to critically analyze the content of the
footage adding that the government had also challenged them on earlier
occasions. He said these charges have been directed at the entire
defence establishment, observing that the security forces including the
former Army Commander had plainly rejected these claims. He said a
technical analysis on the latest documentary released by the Channel
Four on Sri Lanka is now in progress.
He said the government is ready to face any situation at the UNHRC
session, adding that it is strategically working to meet with challenges
successfully. He said the government has taken a decision to send only a
team comprising officials to the coming Geneva session. Information
Department Director General Prof Ariyaratne Athugala also participated. |