{"id":47060,"date":"2012-07-05T06:40:57","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T06:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=47060"},"modified":"2012-07-07T22:27:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T22:27:45","slug":"wikileaks-rajapaksa-personally-requested-that-maubima-not-publicize-the-detention-of-its-reporter-maubima-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-rajapaksa-personally-requested-that-maubima-not-publicize-the-detention-of-its-reporter-maubima-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: Rajapaksa Personally Requested That Maubima Not Publicize The Detention Of Its Reporter \u2013 Maubima Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cOn November 23, 2006, police from the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) detained Parameshwari Munusami, a Sinhalese journalist working for Maubima or \u2018Motherland\u2019 (ref D). The editor of Maubima alleged that President Rajapaksa personally requested that the paper not publicize the detention of its reporter.\u201d the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-rajapaksa-personally-requested-that-maubima-not-publicize-the-detention-of-its-reporter-maubima-editor\/maubima\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47065\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-47065\" title=\"Maubima\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Maubima.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"117\" height=\"238\" \/><\/a>A Leaked \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d US diplomatic cable, dated March 22, 2007, updated the Secretary of State on Sri Lanka\u2019s media suppression situation shows the way President\u00a0Mahinda Rajapaksa harassed \u201cMaubima\u201d owner and it\u2019s staff. The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeaks database. The cable was written by the Ambassador Robert O. Blake.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Blake wrote \u201cMaubima&#8217;s fortunes took a turn for the worse on February 7, 2007, when President Rajapaksa sacked Foreign Minister Samaraweera, a close confidant of Maubima owner Tiran Alles. Maubima&#8217;s critical coverage of the military campaign and support of Samaraweera has allegedly earned the ire of the President and his brother, Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (ref C). Interlocutors report that the Rajapaksas have discouraged advertisers, harassed the editor, ordered frivolous audits of the paper and seized the passports of the owner and director. On February 28, Maubima Director Dushyantha Basnayaka was taken into custody by TID. On March 13, President Rajapaksa, in his capacity as Finance Minister, ordered a freeze on the assets of Maubima&#8217;s parent company, Standard Newspapers LTD. Maubima and its sister paper, The Sunday Standard, are expected to publish their last editions on March 25. On March 21, the Attorney General told the Supreme Court there was no evidence to hold Munusami and that no charges had been filed. The Court ordered her release, which was televised when it took place the following day. Given the intense public interest in her case, it is not likely that she will be re-arrested soon on the same or similar charges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the subheading \u201cIF YOU CAN&#8217;T SAY ANYTHING NICE\u201d Blake wrote \u201cNumerous interlocutors of the public affairs and political sections have reported that owners, directors, editors and reporters in all media and in all languages are receiving anonymous threats. Moreover, they have also received unsolicited &#8220;friendly&#8221; advice from senior administration officials, including police Deputy Inspectors General, Army Commanders, Cabinet Ministers, Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and even the President. The SIPDIS cause of such high-level attention appears to be unwelcome reporting on human rights issues such as murders, abductions COLOMBO 00000475 004 OF 004 and disappearances, but may also result from stories on the malodorous financial dealings of the Rajapaksa brothers or those close to them. The Ambassador made public visits to the Colombo offices of Thinakkural and Sudar Oli (Uthayan&#8217;s sister paper) to show support for these Tamil newspapers. The Ambassador and other Embassy officers have repeatedly urged the President and other senior Cabinet members to take concrete steps to safeguard media freedom. We have also advocated passage of a Media Freedom law first proposed in 2003, which would offer additional protection to journalists. The bill lapsed in 2004 with the election of a new Parliament and government, however, and its prospects for passage in the near future are uncertain at best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Placing a comment the ambassador wrote \u201cThe next several weeks are likely to see the extinction of four independent newspapers in Sri Lanka: Maubima (circ. 64,000) Sunday Standard (circ. 25,000), Thinakkural (circ. 12,000) and Uthayan (circ. 22,000). Equipped with the powers of warrantless arrest and unlimited detention under the stiffened emergency regulations, the government appears intent on silencing its most vocal critics. The stifling of independent voices through coercive means, both legal and extralegal, is having a profound impact on Sri Lanka&#8217;s previously vibrant media landscape and civil society as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related posts to this cable;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaksrajapaksa-managed-to-influenced-mtv-owner-maharaja\/\">WikiLeaks:Rajapaksa Managed To Influenced MTV Owner Maharaja<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Below we give the relevant part of the leaked cable;<\/p>\n<pre>VZCZCXRO2317\r\nOO RUEHBI\r\nDE RUEHLM #0475\/01 0811128\r\nZNY CCCCC ZZH\r\nO 221128Z MAR 07\r\nFM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO\r\nTO RUEHC\/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5725\r\nINFO RUEHRL\/AMEMBASSY BERLIN PRIORITY 0293\r\nRUEHKA\/AMEMBASSY DHAKA PRIORITY 9984\r\nRUEHIL\/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD PRIORITY 6959\r\nRUEHKT\/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU PRIORITY 5037\r\nRUEHLO\/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 3620\r\nRUEHNE\/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 0781\r\nRUEHNY\/AMEMBASSY OSLO PRIORITY 3706\r\nRUEHOT\/AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PRIORITY 1021\r\nRUEHKO\/AMEMBASSY TOKYO PRIORITY 2786\r\nRUEHCG\/AMCONSUL CHENNAI PRIORITY 7534\r\nRUEHBI\/AMCONSUL MUMBAI PRIORITY 5236\r\nRUEHON\/AMCONSUL TORONTO PRIORITY 0146\r\nRHEFDIA\/DIA WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY\r\nRUEHGV\/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 1916\r\nRHEHAAA\/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY\r\nRHHMUNA\/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI PRIORITY\r\nRUEHBS\/USEU BRUSSELS PRIORITY<\/pre>\n<pre>C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 COLOMBO 000475 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nDEPARTMENT FOR SCA PDAS MANN, SCA\/INS AND SCA\/PPD \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 03\/21\/2017\r\nTAGS: PGOV PHUM PTER KPAO KDEM CE\r\nSUBJECT: SRI LANKA: SLOW STRANGULATION OF MEDIA FREEDOM \r\n\r\nREF: A) COLOMBO 460 B) COLOMBO 439 C) COLOMBO 337 D)\r\n     COLOMBO 264 \r\n\r\nClassified By: Ambassador Robert O. Blake, Jr., for reasons 1.4(b,d). \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par1\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2007\/03\/07COLOMBO475.html#par1\">\u00b6<\/a>1.  (C) Summary: Since the inauguration of President Mahinda\r\nRajapaksa in November 2005, Sri Lanka's vibrant media has\r\nbeen slowly smothered by attacks on journalists, publishers\r\nand broadcasters by the LTTE and armed paramilitary groups\r\nwith alleged links to the government security forces.  The\r\ndecline of human rights generally and the resulting \"culture\r\nof impunity\" have stoked the surge in intimidation,\r\nkidnapping and murder of journalists.  The Government of Sri\r\nLanka (GSL), invoking strengthened emergency regulations, has\r\nput pressure on editorial content and arrested journalists\r\nwithout charges.  More recently, editors and broadcasters\r\nhave received veiled threats by telephone allegedly from the\r\ntop levels of the Rajapaksa government.  As a result of\r\ndirect and indirect harassment, four independent newspapers\r\nare likely to close in the next 90 days.   End Summary.<\/pre>\n<pre>SINHALESE MEDIA NOT IMMUNE FROM HARASSMENT\r\n------------------------------------------ \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par10\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2007\/03\/07COLOMBO475.html#par10\">\u00b6<\/a>10. (SBU) Sinhala language newspapers and journalists have\r\nalso begun making enemies both in and out of the government.\r\nOn July 3, 2006, freelance journalist Sampath Lakmal de Silva\r\nbecame the first Sinhala language journalist to be murdered\r\nin eight years.  Critical of all sides, De Silva had recently\r\nwritten reports that embarrassed elements of the security\r\nforces.  His death remains unsolved. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par11\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2007\/03\/07COLOMBO475.html#par11\">\u00b6<\/a>11.  (C)  On November 23, 2006, police from the Terrorism\r\nInvestigation Division (TID) detained Parameshwari Munusami,\r\na Sinhalese journalist working for Maubima or \"Motherland\"\r\n(ref D).  The editor of Maubima alleged that President\r\nRajapaksa personally requested that the paper not publicize\r\nthe detention of its reporter.  Maubima's fortunes took a\r\nturn for the worse on February 7, 2007, when President\r\nRajapaksa sacked Foreign Minister Samaraweera, a close\r\nconfidant of Maubima owner Tiran Alles.  Maubima's critical\r\ncoverage of the military campaign and support of Samaraweera\r\nhas allegedly earned the ire of the President and his\r\nbrother, Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa (ref C).\r\nInterlocutors report that the Rajapaksas have discouraged\r\nadvertisers, harassed the editor, ordered frivolous audits of\r\nthe paper and seized the passports of the owner and director.\r\n On February 28, Maubima Director Dushyantha Basnayaka was\r\ntaken into custody by TID.  On March 13, President Rajapaksa,\r\nin his capacity as Finance Minister, ordered a freeze on the\r\nassets of Maubima's parent company, Standard Newspapers LTD.\r\nMaubima and its sister paper, The Sunday Standard, are\r\nexpected to publish their last editions on March 25.  On\r\nMarch 21, the Attorney General told the Supreme Court there\r\nwas no evidence to hold Munusami and that no charges had been\r\nfiled.  The Court ordered her release, which was televised\r\nwhen it took place the following day.  Given the intense\r\npublic interest in her case, it is not likely that she will\r\nbe re-arrested soon on the same or similar charges. \r\n\r\nIF YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING NICE...\r\n--------------------------------- \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par12\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2007\/03\/07COLOMBO475.html#par12\">\u00b6<\/a>12. (C) Numerous interlocutors of the public affairs and\r\npolitical sections have reported that owners, directors,\r\neditors and reporters in all media and in all languages are\r\nreceiving anonymous threats.  Moreover, they have also\r\nreceived unsolicited \"friendly\" advice from senior\r\nadministration officials, including police Deputy Inspectors\r\nGeneral, Army Commanders, Cabinet Ministers, Defense\r\nSecretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and even the President.  The \r\n\r\nSIPDIS\r\ncause of such high-level attention appears to be unwelcome\r\nreporting on human rights issues such as murders, abductions \r\n\r\nCOLOMBO 00000475  004 OF 004 \r\n\r\nand disappearances, but may also result from stories on the\r\nmalodorous financial dealings of the Rajapaksa brothers or\r\nthose close to them. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par13\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2007\/03\/07COLOMBO475.html#par13\">\u00b6<\/a>13. (C) The Ambassador made public visits to the Colombo\r\noffices of Thinakkural and Sudar Oli (Uthayan's sister paper)\r\nto show support for these Tamil newspapers.  The Ambassador\r\nand other Embassy officers have repeatedly urged the\r\nPresident and other senior Cabinet members to take concrete\r\nsteps to safeguard media freedom.  We have also advocated\r\npassage of a Media Freedom law first proposed in 2003, which\r\nwould offer additional protection to journalists.  The bill\r\nlapsed in 2004 with the election of a new Parliament and\r\ngovernment, however, and its prospects for passage in the\r\nnear future are uncertain at best. \r\n\r\n<a id=\"par14\" href=\"http:\/\/wikileaks.org\/cable\/2007\/03\/07COLOMBO475.html#par14\">\u00b6<\/a>14. (C) COMMENT: The next several weeks are likely to see the\r\nextinction of four independent newspapers in Sri Lanka:\r\nMaubima (circ. 64,000) Sunday Standard (circ. 25,000),\r\nThinakkural (circ. 12,000) and Uthayan (circ. 22,000).\r\nEquipped with the powers of warrantless arrest and unlimited\r\ndetention under the stiffened emergency regulations, the\r\ngovernment appears intent on silencing its most vocal\r\ncritics.  The stifling of independent voices through coercive\r\nmeans, both legal and extralegal, is having a profound impact\r\non Sri Lanka's previously vibrant media landscape and civil\r\nsociety as a whole.\r\nBLAKE<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":47066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375,27],"tags":[2836,2835,2840,2837,2841,2839,2838,2842],"class_list":["post-47060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories","category-wikileaks","tag-gothabaya-rajapaksa-in-wikileaks","tag-gothabaya-rajapaksa-news","tag-killing-journalists-in-wikileaks-news","tag-mahinda-rajapakasa-in-wikileaks","tag-maubima-director-dushyantha-basnayaka-news-wikileaks","tag-maubima-newspaper-wikileaks","tag-sri-lankan-media-in-wikileaks","tag-tiran-alles-wikileaks-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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