Vidyadaran, and Gotabaya's rage ( Sri Lanka )

Gotabaya comments on "media freedom"
[ http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=28727 ]
"Mentioning the editor's [Vidyadaran's] name provoked a surprising response," says Amos Roberts, reporter for Australia's Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) program Dateline, in his 25 minute report from Sri Lanka, referring to the spontaneous display of anger by Sri Lanka's Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakse who had ordered Vidyadaran's arrest and accused Vidyadaran of "terrorism" saying, "he is involved in recent air attacks and I am telling you if you try to give coverup for that person you have blood in your hands [...] I am telling you he is a terrorist. He is responsible for co-ordinating air-attacks in Colombo." Gotabaya Rajapakse is a citizen of United States.


The Dateline report covers the conditions in the detention camps in Vavuniya, the state of journalism with coverage of Lasantha Wickrematunge's death, Vidyadaran interview and his arrest, and the conditions in Uthayan Daily's office in Jaffna.

Sri Lanka Military spokesperson Udaya Nanayakara, tells SBS that in Sri Lanka "[i]t is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of press."

Major General Palita Fernando, the military liason officer in Trincomalee, informs SBS's Roberts that there is "absolutely no problem in visiting Trincomalee," but says it is not possible to interview wounded people who have been evacuated from the war areas and brought to Trincomalee. Asked why, Maj. Gen. Fernando replies: "that's the way we want it. Simple answer.

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[gajaruban]

This creature is a disgrace to the whole man kind.

[cujoo]

They want to arrest him, but they have no reason to arrest. So they came up with this to link air attack on Him.

Truth never dies.

[indogitrust]

I am a Sinhalese. Just look at the way Gota is behaving and conducting this conversation. Pointing his finger and moving himself hin and forth in his chair. They are actually terrorists themselves. You cannot speak a word against the Rajapakse family government, they will come in a white van and the rest is history....

[V95UNDERTAKER]

TAMIL EELAM ONLY SOLUTIN

[vanmaarwijk]

sri lanka will remain a 3rd world country forever coz all the leaders r the same

[narlzp]

This coming from a Sinhalese. I feel terrible to know that my parents country is being run by racist and chauvanist thugs from the Rajapkse camp. If Sri Lanka needs progress and independance it needs an independant judicary and police independant from that of the government so that fair trials can be conducted. The way things are run in Lanka are no different from that of China, the grotesque personality cult surrounding Mahinda Rajapkse no different to Kim Jung Il of North Korea.

[Disan98]

pussy ole ... ur army ppl kept bomb to kill ur ppl ... nd gotta it was ur idea ... Tamil Tiger neva kill ppl Purposly.. bu dey kill army .. to save da golden pure land ...

[jelicho1]

adai gotta nee oru thevadiya magan......u r a bloody MF

[tamilvengai]

Loosu koodhi Gotabaya...

[TamilGroupsInIreland]

What  a frustrating is he cant even speak good English as secretary of defense minister , .

[regentps]

hahahhahah .. first of all the secretary of defence needs to get educated.... hahahhaha this iss sooooooooo funny hahahahahahah ... im dying on the floor... " U HAVE BLOOD IN UR HANDS"

[MarineCore88]

Government of sri lanka denies acess to no fire zone to journalists! GoSL fears journalists are going to "hurt the army". LMFAO!