
he murder of 'Sunday Leader' Editor is part of an anti-democratic conspiracy, opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, claiming that the Rajapaksa regime is rendering the southern people helpless by killing its political opponents.
At a media briefing in Colombo today (Jan. 08th), convened by parties in the joint opposition, he said this was similar to the manner in which the LTTE had decimated the Tamils their political, religious and cultural leaderships.
Mr. Wickremesinghe accused the government of president Mahinda Rajapaksa of being responsible for the killing of the senior journalist, and said police investigations cannot be trusted as the entire regime was immersed in fraud and corruption.
He said measures would be taken to secure an international level inquiry into the Lasantha Wickrematunga murder as well as the attack on Sirasa media network's studio complex.
Threats to the media by minister Dallas Alahapperuma and several other government strongmen not to give...
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