{"id":115183,"date":"2013-11-18T12:38:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T07:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=115183"},"modified":"2013-11-26T20:08:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T14:38:09","slug":"sinhala-story-on-frances-harrisons-bbc-documentary-in-question-bbc-confirms-removing-programmes-from-its-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sinhala-story-on-frances-harrisons-bbc-documentary-in-question-bbc-confirms-removing-programmes-from-its-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinhala Story On Frances Harrison&#8217;s BBC Documentary In Question, BBC Confirms Removing Programmes From Its Web"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has removed it&#8217;s Sinhala Service programme on the investigative report by former BBC correspondent in Colombo\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Frances+Harrison+&amp;x=11&amp;y=6\">Frances Harrison<\/a>. \u00a0Writing to Colombo Telegraph the BBC said; &#8220;There was a serious editorial lapse in a programme on the BBC Sinhala Service on Friday 8 November.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_77335\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Frances-Harrison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77335\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77335\" alt=\"Frances Harrison \" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Frances-Harrison.jpg\" width=\"170\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-77335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frances Harrison<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Responding to Colombo Telegraph story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bbc-sinhala-head-suspended-non-sinhala-bosses-appointed-liyanages-reports-on-frances-harisons-documentary-removed-from-bbc-web\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BBC Sinhala Head Suspended: Non Sinhala Bosses Appointed, Liyanage\u2019s Reports On Frances Harison\u2019s Documentary Removed From BBC Web<\/span><\/a> , the BBC World Service spokesman Paul Rasmussen said;\u00a0\u201cThere was a serious editorial lapse in a programme on the BBC Sinhala Service on Friday 8 November. \u00a0\u00a0We have removed the story from our website and are investigating how this happened to ensure nothing similar happens again. \u00a0While this investigation is underway, the Sinhala Service Editor will not be editing the output or managing the team.\u00a0\u00a0 A temporary editor will ensure the service will continue to broadcast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BBC didn&#8217;t deny our story. We wrote yesterday;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Head of the BBC Sinhala Service, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Priyath+Liyanage&amp;x=12&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Priyath Liyanage<\/span><\/a>, has been suspended, the Colombo Telegraph can exclusively reveal today.<\/p>\n<p>A non-Sinhala outsider has been specially appointed to look after all BBC Sinhala Service activities for the first time of its history and the Sinhala Service staff has been informed about Priyath Liyanage\u2019s suspension in writing, the Colombo Telegraph learns.<\/p>\n<p>Unprecedentedly, the BBC Sinhala Service reporters have been asked to translate all their reports into English to be checked by higher authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Colombo Telegraph sent an email to the BBC Press office [worldservice.press@bbc.co.uk] asking several questions related to the suspension of its head of Sinhala Service. Strangely, the message we received said: \u201cDelivery has failed\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Early this year the BBC Sinhala head was sent to follow a BBC course on Journalistic ethics after he was caught giving letters of recommendation to Sri Lanka government to approve interest free loans\u00a0 to his deputy\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Chandana+Keerthi+Bandara&amp;x=11&amp;y=5\">Chandana Keerthi Bandara<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and to the\u00a0 Colombo reporter\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Elmo+Fernando&amp;x=7&amp;y=3\">Elmo Fernando<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Colombo Telegraph reliably learns that the Sandesya programs related to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Frances+Harrison+&amp;x=14&amp;y=5\">Frances Harrison<\/a>\u2018s recent BBC documentary on Sri Lanka have been removed from the BBC website after 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