{"id":115821,"date":"2013-11-26T20:10:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T14:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=115821"},"modified":"2013-11-27T16:41:39","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T11:11:39","slug":"mangala-files-action-against-kili-maharaja-but-not-tiran-alles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mangala-files-action-against-kili-maharaja-but-not-tiran-alles\/","title":{"rendered":"Mangala Files Action Against Kili Maharaja But Not Tiran Alles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Notice was issued on Sirasa Network Chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Rajamahendran&amp;x=14&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R. Rajamahendran<\/span><\/a> (also known as RR and \u2018Kili\u2019 Rajamahendran) to appear before the Matara Additional Magistrate\u2019s Court after UNP MP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mangala+Samaraweera&amp;x=10&amp;y=5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mangala Samaraweera<\/span><\/a> filed a criminal case against him accusing the channel of inciting a witch-hunt against his supporters using his broadcasting network.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_110029\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mangala.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110029\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-110029\" alt=\"Mangala\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mangala-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mangala-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Mangala-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-110029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mangala<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Samaraweera has filed action against Sirasa and its Chairman for telecasting news and views and that violate the peace. The UNP MP has accused the Sirasa Network of repeatedly promoting the protest march against Ranil Wickremesinghe\u2019s leadership of the party on 5 October, leading to violent clashes on the streets of Matara on that day.<\/p>\n<p>He has accused Rajamahendaran and his network of the malicious and unethical abuse of the media aimed at dividing the UNP.<\/p>\n<p>The famously reclusive Chairman of the Capital Maharaja Group has been ordered to appear in Court on December 11.<\/p>\n<p>Questions are however emerging at Sirasa Network as to why Samaraweera has not cited Ceylon Today and Mawbima proprietor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Tiran+Alles&amp;x=10&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Tiran Alles<\/span><\/a> as a respondent in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Sirasa and Mawbima and Ceylon Today have often published deeply prejudicial news about the UNP, its leadership and members loyal to the leadership in tandem.<\/p>\n<p>Samaraweera has a history with Alles, having formed the SLFP Mahajana wing with the businessman after they quit the Rajapaksa Government. Alles was appointed Chairman of Airports and Aviation by President Mahinda Rajapaksa after he became President in 2005, but he was introduced to SLFP politics by Samaraweera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":110029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mangala Files Action Against Kili Maharaja But Not Tiran Alles - Colombo Telegraph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/mangala-files-action-against-kili-maharaja-but-not-tiran-alles\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mangala Files Action Against Kili Maharaja But Not Tiran Alles - 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