{"id":115977,"date":"2013-11-30T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T18:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=115977"},"modified":"2013-12-10T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2013-12-10T03:00:09","slug":"sara-demands-apology-from-lankadeepa-denies-cbk-sunethra-special-canadian-rep-meeting-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sara-demands-apology-from-lankadeepa-denies-cbk-sunethra-special-canadian-rep-meeting-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Demands Apology From Lankadeepa; Denies CBK &#8211; Sunethra &#8211; Special Canadian Rep Meeting Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denying the story carried by the Sinhala daily Lankadeepa\u00a0\u201cKaraliye Perali\u201d Column, Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Paikiasothy+Saravanamuttu&amp;x=8&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu<\/span><\/a> says that he\u00a0was out of Sri Lanka from the 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to the 17<sup>th<\/sup>November and never met with any \u201cspecial representatives&#8221; from Canada on the beaches of Koggala before the CHOGM or since.<\/p>\n<p>Lankadeepa Columnist wrote; Dr. Saravanamuttu along with former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Ms. Sunethra Bandaranaike engaged in a \u201cspecial discussion on the politics of the country\u201d on the \u201cKoggala beaches&#8221; with \u201cspecial representatives&#8221; from Canada.<\/p>\n<p>We publish below the letter to Lankadeepa in full;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61555\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Saravanamuttu-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61555\" class=\" wp-image-61555 \" alt=\"Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu - Executive Director - CPA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Saravanamuttu-photo.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Saravanamuttu-photo.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Saravanamuttu-photo-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu &#8211; Executive Director &#8211; CPA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mr. Siri Ranasinghe<\/p>\n<p>The Editor<\/p>\n<p>Lankadeepa<\/p>\n<p>Wijeya Newspapers Ltd<\/p>\n<p>08 Hunupitiya Cross Road<\/p>\n<p>Colombo 02.<\/p>\n<p>29.11.2013<\/p>\n<p>Dear Sir,<\/p>\n<p>I am writing to you with regard to a reference to me in your newspaper of today in a Column titled \u201cKaraliye Perali\u201d by Ranjana.<\/p>\n<p>The reference to me states that during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held recently in Colombo, I, along with former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and Ms. Sunethra Bandaranaike engaged in a \u201cspecial discussion on the politics of the country\u201d on the \u201cKoggala beaches \u201cwith \u201cspecial representatives \u201c from Canada. \u00a0Your columnist goes on to state<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have come to know that the government and the President were subjected to severe criticism in this discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The above reference to me in a newspaper that claims to uphold the highest standards of media professionalism and ethics is indeed both shocking and depressing. \u00a0The reference to me demonstrates a shoddy disregard for accuracy in reportage. I was out of Sri Lanka from the 10<sup>th<\/sup> to the 17<sup>th<\/sup>November and never met with any \u201cspecial representatives \u201cfrom Canada on the beaches of Koggala before the CHOGM or since.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, please publish this letter in full in the next edition of your newspaper and with the same prominence accorded to the column in which the reference to me appears. \u00a0Furthermore as a newspaper that claims to engage in serious journalism, I expect your organization will also publish an apology for this blatantly inaccurate and misleading reportage concerning me.<\/p>\n<p>Please note, if my letter is not published as requested, I will have no choice but to consider recourse to other means of ensuring my rights are protected.<\/p>\n<p>In the public interest, I will be releasing this letter to the media.<\/p>\n<p>Yours sincerely<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":61555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6969,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-popular-stories","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sara Demands Apology From Lankadeepa; 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