Police communiqué is as obscure as the police is inefficient
(Lanka-e-News-30.June.2012, 11.30PM) The police has issued a special communiqué in regard to its raid and search operation conducted yesterday (29) , where it has stated that it is now confirmed that the office where the Sri Lanka mirror website was run , has been publishing and conveying news to Lanka e news website. However it did not state this yesterday. The communiqué is as follows :The CID conducted a search on 12-06-29 based on a court order on the office where the Sri Lanka mirror and the Lanka x news websites were carried on , as well as the residence of the person who was running them.
When the place was searched , it was found that via the above websites false news were being released to the internet . Besides , it had been confirmed that at the office where the SL mirror website was run publishing false news , these news were also being conveyed to the Lanka e news, another website that published false news .
In the circumstances , the office was sealed , the computers used to convey false news ,six individuals and two ladies were taken into custody . They were taken in for questioning by the CID. Upon interrogation of the suspects , the above information were revealed.
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It is significant to note that this communiqué was sent to us by the Police headquarters media division. If conveying news to the Lanka e news is an offence , how come the police forwarded the communiqué. Isn’t sending the communiqué too a punishable offence ?
