Media censorship by the police?
Dec 19, 2016
Sources from the Police headquarters have reportedly said that a directive has been issued to stop the issuing of media communiques of the Police Media Unit to the private media institutions.
Media reports state that the latest police directive could be due to the role played by the private media to publicize the controversial telephone conversation IGP Pujith Jayssundera had with a “sir” during an event in Ratnapura recently.
Therefore, the media communiques on the police logs received by the Police Media Unit are likely to be stopped from being emailed to private media institutions.
