President condemns Sunday Leader Editor's murder 08-01-09

President Rajapakse has vehemently and unequivocally condemned the murder of Lasantha Wickramatunga, Editor of the Sunday Leader newspaper.....He described Mr. Wickramatunga as one of his close friends. He was a courageous journalist. The heinous crime points to the grave dangers faced by the democratic social order of Sri Lanka and existence of forces will go to the extremes in using terror and criminality to damage the social fabric and bring disrepute to the country. He directed the Police to conduct the most thorough investigation to bring to book the perpetrators of this crime. The President extended his deepest sympathies to the family of Mr. Wickramatunga, to all his colleagues in the Sunday Leader and associated newspapers and in the profession of journalism.

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[Ruzni2008]

totally with you mate...its a shame that still some srilankans dont understand...Its all government..and mahinda in top of that

[FaceTheReality1]

THE EVIL SCUM WHO IS BEHIND LASANTHA WICKRAMATHUNGS "KILLING" IS "CONDEMMING THE KILLING"

-A VOICE CRIES FREEDOM FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE-

Another good soul like Lasantha Wickrematunge has been killed by the Evil government.

[ransilige]

These kinds of activities are conducted by the people who need to make Sri Lanka week . . . . the Sirasa incident. We as Sri Lankans have to be intelligent not to fall for this bullshit