{"id":164089,"date":"2016-06-18T23:56:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T18:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=164089"},"modified":"2016-06-19T00:05:31","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T18:35:31","slug":"stf-head-in-hot-water-after-he-threatens-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/stf-head-in-hot-water-after-he-threatens-media\/","title":{"rendered":"STF Head In Hot Water After He Threatens Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IGP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Pujith+Jayasundara&amp;x=9&amp;y=7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pujith Jayasundara<\/span><\/a> on Saturday ordered disciplinary action\u00a0to be taken against the Head of the Special Task Force DIG Ranjith Perera, after he allegedly threatened the media for not giving him and his team sufficient publicity on the recent billion rupees worth cocaine haul.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_164090\" style=\"width: 265px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/stf-head-in-hot-water-after-he-threatens-media\/special-task-force-dig-ranjith-perera\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-164090\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164090\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Special-Task-Force-DIG-Ranjith-Perera.jpg\" alt=\"DIG Ranjith Perera\" width=\"255\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-164090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DIG Ranjith Perera<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Perera had reportedly threatened journalists saying his team which &#8216;took care&#8217; of the underworld; also knew how to &#8216;handle&#8217; certain journalists with links to the underworld mafia. 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