EXPOSÉ: DG RANGA KALANSURIYA’S LIES AND HALF TRUTHS ON MEDIA REGULATION IN SRI LANKA
06/07/2017Under pressure from the media to explain his attempts to establish government sponsored media regulation in Sri Lanka, Director General of Government Information Dr. Ranga Kalansooriya has spoken half truths and lies to cover up his plan.
This is what he says in the government news portal News.lk: ”Only the discussion paper prepared by the Sub-Committee appointed in this regard is available. Eight media organizations had participated in the basic discussions in July last year and set up the above Sub-Committee. The five-member Sub Committee includes Ms. Seetha Ranjani, Upali Arambewela, Dharmasiri Lankapedi, N.M. Ameen and is headed by Wijayananda Jayaweera. All the activities related to this process are being conducted by this subcommittee.”
