Silumina Editor makes News Editor seek a transfer

Tuesday, 06 November 2012

The News Editor of the Silumina newspaper has sought a transfer to another department after the Silumina editor had reprimanded the desk head in front of the staff for disturbing him when he was having a good time in the arms of a female, sources from Lake House said.

The News Editor had entered the Editor’s office without knocking on the door to attend to some urgent work related to the newspaper. The Editor at the time had been in a compromising position with a female journalist from the editorial. The News Editor had witnessed this scene when he had walked in on them.

An angry Editor had then walked out to the editorial and had reprimanded the News Editor for entering into his office uninformed.

The News Editor had been disgruntled that he had been publicly shouted at for a small mistake and he had been transferred as the Provincial News Editor. The Lake House Chairman who is aware of this incident is unable to advice the persons involved since he too is engaged in such actions in the office. Members of the Silumina editorial board says that the female journalist was engaged in pleasing the Silumina Editor’s needs in order to be appointed as the Featured Editor of the newspaper.

The Silumina newspaper under Karunadasa Sooriyarachchi has fallen to such depths that it cannot be salvaged to its former position in the Lake House.

Meanwhile, the Dinamina Provincial News Editor, Deepal Sumanasekera has been transferred to the training and research division after he had shouted at a female provincial correspondent in filth.

The Dinamina Provincial News Editor it is learnt always shouts at his staff and provincial correspondents. In this instance, the female provincial correspondent had said she would complain about him to the President. The Provincial News Editor had the shouted at the corresponded referring to the President’s mother in filth.

Although an order had been made to immediately sack the Provincial News Editor, the Lake House Chairman had only given him a transfer because he helps the Chairman control the SLFP and several other trade unions that cannot be controlled by him.

The Dinamina Provincial News Editor’s wife is also serving as a court reporter for the same newspaper.

The Silumina News Editor has now assumed the post of Dinamina Provincial News Editor after receiving the transfer requested by him.