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By Colombo Telegraph- <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRajapaksa said that as Lake House employees, they were government servants who had no rights to take part in protests. Further, he said that criticism of the military leadership, particularly Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, and the conduct of the war would not be tolerated. He told the media workers that there were large numbers of military personnel who \u2018revered Fonseka like a God,\u2019 and that he could not control these people. The reporters said that he threatened them with death, saying that if they persisted in their criticism \u2018people who know how to do it will finish you off.\u2019\u201d the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Criticism of the military leadership, particularly Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, and the conduct of the war would not be tolerated<\/p><\/div>\n

The\u00a0Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the\u00a0WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database dated June 2, 2008. The cable is classified as \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d and written by the US Ambassador to Colombo Robert Blake. The cable details the media suppression situation just after the abduction and beating of defense journalist Keith Noyahr. The cable also details a meeting Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and two media workers Sanath Balasooriya and Poddala Jayantha has had with.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Blake wrote \u201c The Defense Secretary summoned two media workers from the government-owned publishing house. He reportedly harangued them for over two hours for participating in a rally to protest the abduction and beating of defense journalist Keith Noyahr. The journalists told us that Gothabaya told them that \u2018groups that revere Army Commander Fonseka\u2019 would kill them if they persisted in their campaign for media freedom. Five media organizations released a letter to the Defense Secretary deploring his actions. Several other journalists reported surveillance, harassment and intimidation by shadowy groups likely linked to the Defense Ministry. The CEO of the independent newspaper Noyahr works for has fled the country. The paper’s editor told us he fears for his life and for his family and may seek temporary refuge abroad. The paper’s majority owner is reportedly negotiating to divest his shares in the company. Government spokesmen have generally been dismissive of the threats to the media. The Defense Ministry will reportedly seek draconian censorship and criminal defamation legislation to shut down any criticism of the government’s conduct of the war. The campaign against media critics of the administration appears aimed at discovering their sources within the military’s disgruntled officer corps and is likely linked to the Army Commander’s effort to gain another extension of his term beyond the normal retirement age.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNever mentioned Fonseka by name\u201d \u00a0Balasooriya to US<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blake wrote \u201cThe journalists responded that the rally they attended was for the purpose of highlighting the assault on Noyahr. Rajapaksa replied that they were \u2018not here to discuss that. You are here to listen to me.\u2019 Hulugalle said that he had videotapes of a speech by Balasuriya in which he criticized Fonseka. (Balasuriya told us he had made such a speech but never mentioned Fonseka by name.) Rajapaksa told them such conduct was equivalent \u2018to becoming a suicide bomber,\u2019 like journalist Munusami Parameshwari of the newspaper Mawbima<\/strong> (since defunct), who was detained for four months last year for writing critical articles. Deshapriya noted that Parameshwari gave up her profession after her family was subsequently attacked at home by Sinhalese extremists. He said the Free Media Movement had helped the family find refuge in India.\u201d<\/p>\n

Below we give\u00a0the relevant part of the confidential cable;<\/p>\n

VZCZCXRO8831\r\nOO RUEHBI RUEHLMC\r\nDE RUEHLM #0528\/01 1541314\r\nZNY CCCCC ZZH\r\nO 021314Z JUN 08\r\nFM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO\r\nTO RUEHC\/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8203\r\nINFO RUEHKA\/AMEMBASSY DHAKA PRIORITY 0926\r\nRUEHIL\/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY 7915\r\nRUEHKT\/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY 6090\r\nRUEHLO\/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 4421\r\nRUEHNE\/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 2072\r\nRUEHNY\/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 4402\r\nRUEHKO\/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 3497\r\nRUEHCG\/AMCONSUL CHENNAI PRIORITY 8526\r\nRUEHBI\/AMCONSUL MUMBAI PRIORITY 5971\r\nRUEHON\/AMCONSUL TORONTO PRIORITY 0667\r\nRUEHGV\/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 2799\r\nRHHMUNA\/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY\r\nRHEFDIA\/DIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY\r\nRHEHAAA\/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY\r\nRUEHBS\/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY\r\nRUEHLMC\/MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION PRIORITY<\/pre>\n
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 05 COLOMBO 000528 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nDEPARTMENT FOR SCA\/INS \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 06\/02\/2018\r\nTAGS: PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS PREL CE\r\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKA: DEFENSE MINISTRY MOBILIZES AGAINST\r\nMEDIA CRITICS \r\n\r\nREF: COLOMBO 507 \r\n\r\nClassified By: AMBASSADOR ROBERT O. BLAKE, JR. REASONS: 1.4(b,d). \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>1.  (C) SUMMARY: The Defense Secretary summoned two media\r\nworkers from the government-owned publishing house.  He\r\nreportedly harangued them for over two hours for\r\nparticipating in a rally to protest the abduction and beating\r\nof defense journalist Keith Noyahr.  The journalists told us\r\nthat Gothabaya told them that \"groups that revere Army\r\nCommander Fonseka\" would kill them if they persisted in their\r\ncampaign for media freedom.  Five media organizations\r\nreleased a letter to the Defense Secretary deploring his\r\nactions.  Several other journalists reported surveillance,\r\nharassment and intimidation by shadowy groups likely linked\r\nto the Defense Ministry.  The CEO of the independent\r\nnewspaper Noyahr works for has fled the country.  The paper's\r\neditor told us he fears for his life and for his family and\r\nmay seek temporary refuge abroad.  The paper's majority owner\r\nis reportedly negotiating to divest his shares in the\r\ncompany.  Government spokesmen have generally been dismissive\r\nof the threats to the media.  The Defense Ministry will\r\nreportedly seek draconian censorship and criminal defamation\r\nlegislation to shut down any criticism of the government's\r\nconduct of the war.  The campaign against media critics of\r\nthe administration appears aimed at discovering their sources\r\nwithin the military's disgruntled officer corps and is likely\r\nlinked to the Army Commander's effort to gain another\r\nextension of his term beyond the normal retirement age.  End\r\nsummary. \r\n\r\nDefense Secretary Threatens Media Workers\r\n----------------------------------------- \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>2.  (U) On May 23, following the abduction and brutal assault\r\non the defense correspondent of the weekly \"Nation\" (reftel),\r\nthe Working Journalists Association, Federation of Media\r\nEmployees trade union, Sri Lanka Muslim Media Forum, Sri\r\nLanka Tamil Journalists Association, and the Free Media\r\nMovement held a protest rally at Colpetty junction (near the\r\nPresident's residence and office as well as the U.S.\r\nEmbassy).  The demonstrators demanded that the government\r\nbring the perpetrators of the attack on Noyahr to justice. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>3.  (SBU) Sunanda Deshapriya, the founder of the Free Media\r\nMovement, accompanied Sanath Balasuriya and Poddala Jayantha,\r\nthe President and General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Working\r\nJournalists Association, to a meeting with DCM and Pol Chief\r\non May 28.  Balasuriya and Jayantha are also employees of the\r\ngovernment-owned Lake House media group, which publishes the\r\nDaily News and vernacular newspapers.  (They explained that\r\nthey had been subject to an informal ban on writing for about\r\ntwo years and had been relegated to performing administrative\r\nwork within Lake House.)  According to Balasuriya and\r\nJayantha, Lake House chairman Bandula Padmakumara informed\r\nthem on May 26 that Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rakapaksa was\r\nsummoning them to a meeting, which took place the same day. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>4.  (C) Balasuriya and Jayantha reported that when they\r\nentered Rajapaksa's office, Padmakumara and Media Centre for\r\nNational Security head (and Presidential media advisor)\r\nLakshman Hulugalle were already inside.  Rajapaksa harangued\r\nthem for two and half hours, they said.  Padmakumara and\r\nHulugalle thwarted three attempts they made to break off the\r\nmeeting and leave.  Deshapriya, who speaks English more\r\nfluently that Balasuriya and Jayantha, largely provided the\r\nfollowing account of their encounter with the Defense\r\nSecretary.  Rajapaksa said that as Lake House employees, they\r\nwere government servants who had no rights to take part in\r\nprotests.  Further, he said that criticism of the military\r\nleadership, particularly Army Commander Sarath Fonseka, and\r\nthe conduct of the war would not be tolerated.  He told the\r\nmedia workers that there were large numbers of military \r\n\r\nCOLOMBO 00000528  002 OF 005 \r\n\r\npersonnel who \"revered Fonseka like a God,\" and that he could\r\nnot control these people.  The reporters said that he\r\nthreatened them with death, saying that if they persisted in\r\ntheir criticism \"people who know how to do it will finish you\r\noff.\" \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>5.  (C) The journalists responded that the rally they\r\nattended was for the purpose of highlighting the assault on\r\nNoyahr.  Rajapaksa replied that they were \"not here to\r\ndiscuss that.  You are here to listen to me.\"  Hulugalle said\r\nthat he had videotapes of a speech by Balasuriya in which he\r\ncriticized Fonseka.  (Balasuriya told us he had made such a\r\nspeech but never mentioned Fonseka by name.)  Rajapaksa told\r\nthem such conduct was equivalent \"to becoming a suicide\r\nbomber,\" like journalist Munusami Parameshwari of the\r\nnewspaper Mawbima (since defunct), who was detained for four\r\nmonths last year for writing critical articles.  Deshapriya\r\nnoted that Parameshwari gave up her profession after her\r\nfamily was subsequently attacked at home by Sinhalese\r\nextremists.  He said the Free Media Movement had helped the\r\nfamily find refuge in India.<\/pre>\n
\"Reprimand of senior journalists unacceptable\"\r\n--------------------------------------------- - \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>7.  (U) On May 28, the five media organizations which had\r\ncalled for the protest condemned the threats against their\r\ncolleagues, issuing a joint statement which reads, in part\r\n(begin citation): \r\n\r\n\"We are extremely disappointed and very concerned to discover\r\nthat you summoned and reprimanded Sanath Balasuriya and\r\nPoddala Jayantha... over the protest campaign organised by\r\nour five media organisations against the abduction and\r\ninhuman assault of The Nation journalist Keith Noyahr...  We\r\nheld this protest campaign peacefully and under the freedom\r\nof expression enshrined in our constitution.  We openly\r\nstated that if the government does not apprehend the culprits\r\nand attempts to impair and impede the investigation, we hold\r\nit responsible for this heinous crime.  We understand that\r\nyour position as articulated to the President and General\r\nSecretary of the SLWJA over two hours spent in your office\r\nwas as follows:\r\n- That it is unacceptable to criticise the armed forces\r\nwhilst working in state newspapers.\r\n- That anyone other than the leaders of the armed forces can\r\nbe criticised.\r\n- That the aim of our protest was to criticise the armed\r\nforces and that cannot be permitted.\r\n- If both journalists continue criticising the military,\r\nneither the Secretary of Defence nor the regime are in a\r\nposition to prevent action taken against them by groups or\r\npersons who revere the Army Commander.\" (end citation)<\/pre>\n
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