The Govt. which had achieved some success in its campaign to control and censor the media, is now planning to trap certain media personnel Institutions and personnel who are making exposures which are antagonistic to the Govt. with falsely implicating them in heinous crimes like possession of firearms, explosives, bombs etc which are non -bailable offences, whereby they can be held in custody for long periods or cause them to disappear or subject them to life long threats as was in the case of the Sunday leader Editor.
It is also learnt that this threat is directed even against those journalists who question the Govt. Ministers and MPs at media briefings with a view to humiliating or disgracing them . During the past media briefings of the Govt.,the State intelligence unit has videoed the proceedings with this end in view, it is reported.

Under the present regime, it is a well and widely known fact that many journalists have been murdered and gone missing. Prageeth Ekneliyagoda is one of them. The Govt. and the police have sadly failed to make any breakthrough in his case to the consternation of all concerned.
Because the ‘Lanka’ newspaper Editor published an article in it regarding the judiciary, he was charged for contempt of court. Later he was discharged by the Court with a warning.

Meanwhile the Govt. during that period was also seeking to establish a competent authority to censor and control news of the free media.

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