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A photograph published by\u00a0www.sinhala.srilankamirror.lk<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0has conclusively proved that Sunil Jayasekera<\/a><\/span>, Convenor of the Free Media Movement (FMM), has deliberately lied when explaining Jacqueline Park<\/a><\/span>‘s presence at a workshop held in Janaki Hotel, Colombo.<\/div>\n
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Jacqueline Park, Asia Pacific Director\u00a0of the\u00a0International Federation of Journalists (a paid worker), is currently being questioned by immigration authorities over suspected violation of immigration laws.\u00a0 Park entered Sri Lanka on a tourist visa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Immigration authorities had been tipped off about Park’s visa issue by elements in organisations that are full members of the IFJ, disgruntled over\u00a0continued preference of the IFJ for an affiliate (FMM) over member organizations.\u00a0 Even this event, as evident by the\u00a0wording on the banner, clearly shows that full members of the IFJ are not involved.<\/div>\n
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Free Media Movement Convener Sunil Jayasekera has claimed that Park and another IFJ member were originally not assigned to take part in the workshop organized by them.<\/div>\n
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\u201cAfter hearing that they were in the country we (FMM) decided to request for their presence at the workshop. They did not come here on an invitation extended by us,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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This story appears to be a barefaced lie considering that the event was jointly organised by the FMM and IFJ.\u00a0 Jayasekera’s\u00a0statement implies that neither he nor the FMM had prior knowledge of Park’s presence in Sri Lanka,\u00a0which is highly unlikely given Park’s position in the IFJ and given IFJ’s involvement in the event as co-organiser.<\/div>\n
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The Colombo Telegraph learns that Park has visited Sri Lanka on no less than 17 occasions.\u00a0 Immigration authorities are currently investigating whether these visits were on tourists visas and whether Park participated in workshops, seminars or other events as per IFJ direction, i.e. ‘official work’.<\/div>\n
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