{"id":183806,"date":"2017-11-05T13:29:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T07:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=183806"},"modified":"2017-11-13T21:48:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:18:39","slug":"presidents-media-division-vilifying-ex-navy-commander-travis-sinniah-sirisenas-former-head-of-new-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/presidents-media-division-vilifying-ex-navy-commander-travis-sinniah-sirisenas-former-head-of-new-media\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s Media Division Vilifying Ex-Navy Commander Travis Sinniah: Sirisena&#8217;s Former Head Of \u2018New Media\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">Oshala Herath, Fomer head of \u2018New Media,\u2019 an outfit set up by President Maithripala Sirisena to promote himself and the positions he takes, has alleged that the Presidential Media Division is engaged in a deliberate and vicious campaign to vilify former Navy Commander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Travis+Sinniah\">Travis Sinniah<\/a>.\u00a0<span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/oshala-on-Navy-Commander-Travis-Sinniah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-183807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/oshala-on-Navy-Commander-Travis-Sinniah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/oshala-on-Navy-Commander-Travis-Sinniah.jpg 506w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/oshala-on-Navy-Commander-Travis-Sinniah-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a>Herath was removed from his position last month after he objected to unethical and unprofessional media practices indulged in by the Presidential Media Division.\u00a0<span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">Oshala Herath, in a Facebook post, charged the Presidential Media Unit of slinging mud at the former Navy chief.\u00a0He referred to a post in\u00a0<span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s2\">www.andaharaya.com<\/span>\u00a0titled \u201c\u0db6\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dca\u0daf\u0dd2 \u0d85\u0d82\u0dc1 \u0dbb\u0dc4\u0dc3\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dba\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf \u0d91\u0d9a\u0dca\u0dc3\u0dad\u0dca \u0da2\u0dcf\u0dad\u0dd3\u0db1\u0dca\u0da7 \u0daf\u0dd9\u0dba\u0dd2 ? \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dba\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf \u0db6\u0dbd\u0dba\u0da7 \u0d9a\u0dda\u0daf\u0dbb \u0dc0\u0dd3 \u0d87\u0db8\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dda \u0db6\u0dbd\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0dd4\u0d9a\u0dca\u0d9a\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dca \u0dc0\u0dd9\u0dba\u0dd2\u0daf?\u201d (Has Sinniah slipped intelligence unit secrets to the United Nations? Is the hunger for power turning Sinniah into a lapdog of the United States of America?).\u00a0<span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">The vilification of Sinniah has not been limited to this website.<span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Another website allegedly run by the Presidential Media Unit,\u00a0<span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s2\">www.apisirlankanbro.com<\/span>\u00a0also carried a similar story: \u0da7\u0dca\u0dbb\u0dd0\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dba\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf \u0db1\u0dd0\u0dc0\u0dad \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dd4\u0d9a \u0dc4\u0db8\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dcf\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0daf\u0dd6\u0dbb\u0dba \u0d89\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0d87\u0dba\u0dd2? (Why is Travis Sinniah asking for the Navy Commander\u2019s post again?).<span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>A third website,\u00a0<span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s2\">www.colombotribune.com<\/span>, published another anti-Sinniah story, \u201c\u0db8\u0dcf\u0dc3 \u0daf\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dd9\u0db1\u0dca \u0d9c\u0dd9\u0daf\u0dbb \u0d9c\u0dd2\u0dba \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0d9a \u0dc4\u0db8\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dcf\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dba\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf\u0d9c\u0dda \u0d87\u0dad\u0dca\u0dad \u0d9a\u0dad\u0dcf\u0dc0\u2026!\u201d (The true story behind Navy Commander Travis Sinniah who \u2018went home\u2019 in two month).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">A fourth website,\u00a0<span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s2\">www.mahajanathawa.com<\/span>\u00a0published a story along the same lines: \u201c\u0da7\u0dca\u0dbb\u0dd0\u0dc0\u0dd2\u0dc3\u0dca \u0dc3\u0dd2\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dba\u0dd2\u0dba\u0dcf \u0dba\u0db1\u0dd4 \u0d9a\u0dc0\u0dbb\u0dd9\u0d9a\u0dca\u0daf ? \u0db1\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dd4\u0d9a \u0dc4\u0db8\u0dd4\u0daf\u0dcf\u0db4\u0dad\u0dd2 \u0daf\u0dd6\u0dbb\u0dba \u0db1\u0dd0\u0dc0\u0dad \u0d89\u0dbd\u0dca\u0dbd\u0db1\u0dca\u0db1\u0dda \u0d87\u0dba\u0dd2?\u201d (Who is Travis Sinniah? Why is he demanding the Navy Commander\u2019s post once again?)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">Herath alleges that all four websites and related Facebook pages are handled by the Presidential Media Unit and that they are run from the Standard Charted Bank building where the President&#8217;s New Media office is located.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">Meanwhile Colombo Telegraph reliably learns that the reason for Sinniah not being given an extension is related to a multi billion rupee<span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>inter-governmental deal to purchase a warship on loan from Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">The deal has allegedly been manoeuvred by the owner and director of a TV station together with the son of the President Daham Sirisena and son in law Thilina Suranjith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">The ship ,which costs 165 million USD has been debunked by successive reports by the Navy which has said it was not fit for the purposes of the Navy. Three Admirals had given separate reports stating that the ship was not fit for purchase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">The only approval given by the Navy was from the former chief of the Navy and current Chief of Defense Staff Ravi Wijeygoonawardena, Colombo Telegraph learns.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">Interestingly, the letter of approval given by the Former Navy Commander coincided with the date of his extension as Commander, on February 23.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">Former Defense Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi had initially opposed the purchase of the ship. Despite being a close confidante of President Sirisena, Hettiarachchi was removed from his post and shifted up as ambassador. Hettiarachchi is reported to have singularly blamed his removal to the ship deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-p1\"><span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-s1\">The vessel, a Gepard, is said to be a shell of a ship and unnecessary for the country&#8217;s force at such a cost at this time since the Sri Lanka Navy does not engage in warfare and is mainly on patrol duty.<span class=\"m_5408336509937526388gmail-Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Colombo Telegraph learns that there aren\u2019t any files in the Navy on the ship, except for the evaluation reports which were all negative.\u00a0<span class=\"m_8820943150826903009gmail-s1\"><strong><em>(By Renuka Jayasinghe)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":183809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,46,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-constitutional-reforms","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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