No investigations for the journalists murdered in the north – Northern chief minister

Mar 30, 2016
Northern Province chief minister has showed his resentment that although there are investigations conducted for the four Singhalese journalists killed in the south, there are no investigations started for the 3 Tamil journalists killed in the north.

The chief minister urged the media minister to focus his attention to the Tamil journalists killed.

The chief minister has told this during a discussion held when the media minister Gayantha Karunathilaka, deputy minister Karunarathna Paranavithana and a group of journalists in the south made a visit to the north to monitor the media institutions and journalists which came under attack during the previous regime.

The chief minister emphasized, the Tamil journalist forum had forwarded a letter urging him to speak about the murdered journalists with the media minister.

The chief minister said the Tamil journalist’s forum has pointed out that it would be unfair, not taking any action against the alleged perpetrators who are residing in the country.

Meantime the monument built in the centre of the Jaffna town memory of the journalists killed in the north and south was opened by the media minister and the Northern Province chief minister.