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By Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> –<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the meeting, according to Daniels, the Director of Information asked him if he would like a private moment with the president to congratulate him on the victory. Daniels then met the president, who was standing with two other assistants. Rajapaksa, in a harsh tone, told Daniels that he knew that MTV was against him and that they would face consequences. The two assistants cited a number of “violations” to illustrate his point.\u201d the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Daniels said MTV would not stand down<\/p><\/div>\n

A Leaked \u201cCONFIDENTIAL\u201d US diplomatic cable, dated February 2, 2010, updated the Secretary of State on Sri Lanka\u2019s media suppression situation shows the way President\u00a0Mahinda Rajapaksa harassed opposition media outlets. \u00a0The\u00a0Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeaks database. The cable was written by the Ambassador Patricia A. Butenis.<\/p>\n

Under the subheading \u201cMTV WARNED NOT TO CRITICIZE GOVERNMENT\u201d ambassador Butenis wrote \u201cSince the presidential election on January 26, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has intensified actions against media outlets that it perceived gave the government unfavorable coverage during the campaign. Sirisa Media Network (MTV), the largest private electronic media (television and radio) in the country, has been under increased GSL pressure. On January 28, Channel Director (CEO equivalent) Chevaan Daniels told PAO that he had received a call that morning from the Director of Information, telling Daniels that MTV should pay attention not to air stories critical of the government for at least one month. Later that day, Daniels and other media executives were summoned to Temple Trees, the official residence of the president, for a meeting with the newly reelected Rajapaksa. At the meeting, the president told media executives that he knew that some people in the room were for him during the campaign and some were critical. Rather than adopt a conciliatory tone, Daniels said the president warned the executives that action would be taken against media outlets that tried to disrupt racial harmony or support terrorism — code words for disloyalty to the Rajapaksa regime.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the subheading \u201cGOVERNMENT THREATENS TO PULL MTV LICENSE\u201d Butenis wrote \u201cOn January 30, MTV received a letter from W. B. Ganegala, Secretary in the Ministry of Mass Media and Information. The letter opened: \u2018It has been observed that your Radio and Television Networks have been broadcasting news and other programs at times in a provocative and inciting manner which will have a serious impact on the normal public and social order.\u2019 The letter claimed that MTV \u2018gave undue publicity to false statements made by a defeated Presidential Candidate and some other persons who supported him.\u2019 The letter closed by urging MTV to be more \u2018responsible whenever you broadcast sensitive information which has direct impact on Children’s Rights, National Security, Sri Lankan Identity, Communal Harmony and (the) Good image of the country at large… Unless you adopt a more responsible approach toward your broadcasts, we will be compelled to take appropriate action in terms of the provisions of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Act No. 37 of 1967, the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act No. 6 of 1982 and other relevant laws of the country.\u2019 Other language in the letter implied that the company’s broadcasting license was at risk of cancellation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPAO met with Daniels on February 1 to discuss the letter. Daniels said MTV would not stand down, despite the letter, and would continue to broadcast news it deemed relevant for Sri Lankans to know. Daniels said MTV would respond with a letter that would outline 22 instances during the campaign when MTV gave essentially free air time to the president, along with notes of praise received from GSL officials on MTV’s election coverage. Further, MTV would advocate that the 4.5 million Sri Lankans who voted for General Fonseka had a right to know what their candidate was now saying. If the tables were turned and the president had lost, MTV would also cover Rajapaksa’s statements. Daniels also outlined a number of threats against him and other employees. Daniels said that on January 30, he received a call from a man speaking in Sinhala who said that he and his family would be burned with acid (a relatively common attack technique in Sri Lanka). Daniels is changing homes and modes of transportation on a near-daily basis.\u201d Butenis further wrote.<\/p>\n

The cable also discussed the harassments against other media outlets, Lanka E News, Siyatha, Lanka news paper and the Sunday Leader.<\/p>\n

Placing a comment the ambassador wrote \u201cThis renewed encroachment on media freedom is another example of the government’s clampdown on opposition voices and assertion of control over the message. The Ambassador continues to engage high-level GSL officials, including most recently Foreign Minister Bogollagama (reftel) and Minister of Justice Malinda Moragoda, raising concerns about media freedom and the treatment of Fonseka. Other Post officers also are engaged with the issues and remain in close contact with opposition figures and embattled journalists. Other missions are actively engaged as well, and we understand the EU heads of mission will be meeting FM Bogollagama Thursday to deliver a message similar to the Ambassador’s in the context of the GSP-plus trade preference.\u201d<\/p>\n

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WikiLeaks:Rajapaksa Managed To Influenced MTV Owner Maharaja<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the cable below for further details;<\/p>\n

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C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 COLOMBO 000082 \r\n\r\nSIPDIS \r\n\r\nDEPARTMENT FOR SCA\/INSB \r\n\r\nE.O. 12958: DECL: 02\/01\/2020\r\nTAGS: PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE\r\nSUBJECT: POST ELECTION: NEW THREATS TO MEDIA FREEDOM \r\n\r\nREF: COLOMBO 76 \r\n\r\nCOLOMBO 00000082  001.2 OF 004 \r\n\r\nClassified By: AMBASSADOR PATRICIA A. BUTENIS.  REASONS: 1.4 (B, D) \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>1. (C) SUMMARY:  Sri Lanka's presidential election has\r\nbrought a new wave of official and unofficial pressure on\r\nmedia outlets and attacks against journalists.  MTV (Sirisa),\r\na popular private television and radio conglomerate, has\r\nreceived official warning that it must cease airing\r\nanti-government stories or face the revocation of its\r\nbroadcast licenses.  Online journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda\r\nvanished (and was feared kidnapped) shortly before the\r\nelection; his welfare and whereabouts remain unknown.  The\r\ngovernment also shut down the JVP newspaper, Lanka, after it\r\nhad published anti-government material during the campaign.\r\nA general climate of fear has reemerged among Sri Lankan\r\njournalists.  END SUMMARY. \r\n\r\nMTV WARNED NOT TO\r\nCRITICIZE GOVERNMENT\r\n-------------------- \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>2. (C) Since the presidential election on January 26, the\r\nGovernment of Sri Lanka (GSL) has intensified actions against\r\nmedia outlets that it perceived gave the government\r\nunfavorable coverage during the campaign.  Sirisa Media\r\nNetwork (MTV), the largest private electronic media\r\n(television and radio) in the country, has been under\r\nincreased GSL pressure.  On January 28, Channel Director (CEO\r\nequivalent) Chevaan Daniels told PAO that he had received a\r\ncall that morning from the Director of Information, telling\r\nDaniels that MTV should pay attention not to air stories\r\ncritical of the government for at least one month. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>3. (C) Later that day, Daniels and other media executives\r\nwere summoned to Temple Trees, the official residence of the\r\npresident, for a meeting with the newly reelected Rajapaksa.\r\nAt the meeting, the president told media executives that he\r\nknew that some people in the room were for him during the\r\ncampaign and some were critical.  Rather than adopt a\r\nconciliatory tone, Daniels said the president warned the\r\nexecutives that action would be taken against media outlets\r\nthat tried to disrupt racial harmony or support terrorism --\r\ncode words for disloyalty to the Rajapaksa regime. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>4. (C) After the meeting, according to Daniels, the Director\r\nof Information asked him if he would like a private moment\r\nwith the president to congratulate him on the victory.\r\nDaniels then met the president, who was standing with two\r\nother assistants.  Rajapaksa, in a harsh tone, told Daniels\r\nthat he knew that MTV was against him and that they would\r\nface consequences.  The two assistants cited a number of\r\n\"violations\" to illustrate his point. \r\n\r\nGOVERNMENT THREATENS\r\nTO PULL MTV LICENSE\r\n-------------------- \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>5. (C) On January 30, MTV received a letter from W. B.\r\nGanegala, Secretary in the Ministry of Mass Media and\r\nInformation.  The letter opened:  \"It has been observed that\r\nyour Radio and Television Networks have been broadcasting\r\nnews and other programs at times in a provocative and\r\ninciting manner which will have a serious impact on the\r\nnormal public and social order.\"  The letter claimed that MTV\r\n\"gave undue publicity to false statements made by a defeated\r\nPresidential Candidate and some other persons who supported\r\nhim.\"  The letter closed by urging MTV to be more\r\n\"responsible whenever you broadcast sensitive information\r\nwhich has direct impact on Children's Rights, National\r\nSecurity, Sri Lankan Identity, Communal Harmony and (the) \r\n\r\nCOLOMBO 00000082  002.2 OF 004 \r\n\r\nGood image of the country at large...  Unless you adopt a\r\nmore responsible approach toward your broadcasts, we will be\r\ncompelled to take appropriate action in terms of the\r\nprovisions of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation Act No.\r\n37 of 1967, the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Act No. 6 of\r\n1982 and other relevant laws of the country.\"  Other language\r\nin the letter implied that the company's broadcasting license\r\nwas at risk of cancellation. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>6. (C) PAO met with Daniels on February 1 to discuss the\r\nletter.  Daniels said MTV would not stand down, despite the\r\nletter, and would continue to broadcast news it deemed\r\nrelevant for Sri Lankans to know.  Daniels said MTV would\r\nrespond with a letter that would outline 22 instances during\r\nthe campaign when MTV gave essentially free air time to the\r\npresident, along with notes of praise received from GSL\r\nofficials on MTV's election coverage.  Further, MTV would\r\nadvocate that the 4.5 million Sri Lankans who voted for\r\nGeneral Fonseka had a right to know what their candidate was\r\nnow saying.  If the tables were turned and the president had\r\nlost, MTV would also cover Rajapaksa's statements. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>7. (C) Daniels also outlined a number of threats against him\r\nand other employees.  Daniels said that on January 30, he\r\nreceived a call from a man speaking in Sinhala who said that\r\nhe and his family would be burned with acid (a relatively\r\ncommon attack technique in Sri Lanka).  Daniels is changing\r\nhomes and modes of transportation on a near-daily basis. \r\n\r\nLANKA-E-NEWS JOURNALIST\r\nREMAINS MISSING\r\n----------------------- \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>8. (C) MTV is just one of many examples of what appears to be\r\nthe government's campaign to silence critical media.\r\nLanka-e-News, an online news site with a heavy UNP-slant, saw\r\nthe disappearance and presumed kidnapping of Prageeth\r\nEknaligoda, a contributing journalist.  On January 25,\r\nEknaligoda's wife reported to police that her husband was\r\nmissing.  On January 25, Ambassador Butenis contacted the\r\nForeign Secretary to register U.S. concerns over the\r\ndisappearance.  MFA Foreign Secretary Romesh Jayasinghe\r\nresponded that the government would order a thorough\r\ninvestigation. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>9. (C) Despite the pledge by the foreign secretary, there has\r\nbeen no progress on finding Eknaligoda.  On January 29, PAO\r\nmet with the wife and two teenage sons of the missing\r\njournalist as well as Lanka-e-News editor Sansaruwan\r\nSenedeera.  The editor detailed suspicious white vans that\r\nhad been spotted outside the website's offices prior to the\r\nattack, as well as death threats that employees continued to\r\nreceive.  He also noted that \"paramilitaries\" surrounded the\r\npremises on the evening of January 28 and placed a padlock on\r\nthe gate.  Eknaligoda's wife also said she feared for her\r\nsafety.  Two organizations present at the meeting pledged to\r\naugment physical security at the paper, provide a safe house\r\nfor the editor, and give limited financial support to the\r\nfamily.  PAO promised that Embassy would continue to raise\r\nthe issue with GSL officials.  On February 1, PolOff met\r\nEknaligoda's family and colleagues, though they had no new\r\nupdates on his situation.  Senedeera, however, told PolOff\r\nthat they had been questioned by the Criminal Investigation\r\nUnit (CID) over the past year and that on January 29, the\r\nwebsite offices received 40 threatening phone calls in 45\r\nminutes. \r\n\r\nPRO-JVP LANKAN\r\nSEALED BY POLICE\r\n---------------- \r\n\r\nCOLOMBO 00000082  003.2 OF 004 \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>10. (C) Another media outlet under official pressure since\r\nthe election is the \"Lankan\" newspaper.  An unofficial\r\nmouthpiece of the opposition party JVP, the paper published\r\nnumerous stories critical of the government during the recent\r\npresidential election.  One story alleged that the Los\r\nAngeles house of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, defense secretary and\r\nbrother of the president, was paid for by the GSL.  On\r\nJanuary 29, three days after the election, the paper's\r\neditor, Chandan Sirimalwatte, was questioned and detained by\r\nCID.  The paper's offices were also sealed as CID deemed the\r\npaper to be a threat to national security.  On February 1,\r\nhowever, a court overruled CID's action and ordered that the\r\noffices be opened. \r\n\r\nSUNDAY LEADER\r\nRECEIVES THREATS\r\n---------------- \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>11. (C) On January 29, PAO met with Lal Wickrematunge, owner\r\nof the Sunday Leader, the English-language weekly whose\r\neditor Lasantha Wickrematunge was murdered in January 2009.\r\nLal expressed continued concern for the safety of his staff.\r\nSeveral of his senior employees were currently in safe houses\r\nand one editor from the Leader's Sinhala-language paper had\r\ntendered his resignation.  Employees of the paper continued\r\nto receive threats.  Lal and his editorial team have decided\r\nto limit coverage of controversial topics over the next few\r\nweeks, fearing for the safety of the staff. \r\n\r\nSTATE MEDIA PERSONNEL\r\nNOT SPARED RETRIBUTION\r\n---------------------- \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>12. (C) Even state media, which unabashedly gave its full\r\nsupport to the president during the campaign, has not been\r\nimmune from the post-election media clampdown.  During the\r\npast several days, several employees have been sacked at\r\nstate-owned Rupavahini, one of only two television networks\r\nto reach all parts of the island (both are state-owned).\r\nAccording to contacts, 12 employees who were believed to be\r\nsupporters of General Fonseka so far had been terminated. \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>13. (C) Adding to the rash of media dismissals, Priyantha\r\nKariyapperuma, Director General of the Telecommunication\r\nRegulatory Commission (TRC), submitted his resignation on\r\nFebruary 2.  Priyantha and his brother Roshantha had been\r\nmajor supporters of President Rajapaksa's 2005 campaign.\r\nRoshantha is also the owner of Siritha Television and Radio,\r\nReal Radio, and Vettri Radio.  According to media contacts,\r\nthe president recently learned that the two brothers had met\r\nwith General Fonseka and were believed to be financially\r\nsupporting Fonseka's campaign.  During election night in\r\nColombo, Siritha Television and MTV were the two local\r\ntelevision stations that were surrounded by military. \r\n\r\nCOMMENT\r\n------- \r\n\r\n\u00b6<\/a>14. (C) This renewed encroachment on media freedom is another\r\nexample of the government's clampdown on opposition voices\r\nand assertion of control over the message.  The Ambassador\r\ncontinues to engage high-level GSL officials, including most\r\nrecently Foreign Minister Bogollagama (reftel) and Minister\r\nof Justice Malinda Moragoda, raising concerns about media\r\nfreedom and the treatment of Fonseka.  Other Post officers\r\nalso are engaged with the issues and remain in close contact\r\nwith opposition figures and embattled journalists.  Other\r\nmissions are actively engaged as well, and we understand the\r\nEU heads of mission will be meeting FM Bogollagama Thursday\r\nto deliver a message similar to the Ambassador's in the\r\ncontext of the GSP-plus trade preference. \r\n\r\nCOLOMBO 00000082  004.2 OF 004 \r\n\r\nBUTENIS<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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