Eight arrested while dubbing anti-army film

Police say suspects were working for Channel Four

March 29, 2015, 10:32 pm 

By Pradeep Prasanna Samarakoon and 
Norman Palihawadane

The police suspect that eight suspects arrested while dubbing an anti Sri Lanka army film in Narahenpita on Saturday were working for Channel Four responsible for a propaganda onslaught against Sri Lanka at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

The police believe the film has been shot in Tamil in South India and some sections thereof involving Sri Lankan soldiers have been dubbed into Sinhala.

Out of the five suspects, two had lived in India some time ago, while the other three had lived in the North of Sri Lanka during the war.

The suspects at the time of arrest had been residing at Wellawatte, Cinnamon Gardens, Gampaha and Ja-Ela, police said.

Computers, VCDs and other equipment recovered from the laboratory at the time of the raid had been referred to the Moratuwa University for a technical analysis, police said.

The raid was conducted on the instructions of the OIC of the Borella Police Station, Chief Inspector Pragathi Lakmini by a team headed by Borella anti-vice squad OIC Inspector Subash Priyadharshana.