Transport, Highways and Mass Media Minister Dr. Bandula Gunawardhana told Parliament yesterday that JVP Central Committee member Wasantha Samarasinghe has made a life-threatening statement against Hudson Samarasinghe, Chairman of the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC).
In a special statement yesterday (23), the Minister stressed that threats to journalists are strongly condemned regardless of which political party they belong to and all political parties including JVP are requested not to make threats in order to hold an election in a free and peaceful manner.
He further said that the threat made by Wasantha Samarasinghe is circulating on the social media where he states that the matter will be taken care of at the election and no room will be left to flee the country or go into hiding.
The Minister further said that if any journalist has been threatened in this way, they should file a complaint with the CID and steps will be taken to provide them with the protection they need.
The minister recalled that Samarasinghe, one of the senior most media communicators in the country, is an experienced media administrator and a former MP, and he is working as SLBC chairman for the sixth time.
