Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna MP Namal Rajapaksa said that it is unfair to try to punish individuals or media institutions that informed the country about the recent disaster. He also commented on the alleged incident between a police officer attached to the Suriyakanda Police Station and a National People’s Party MP.
He further stated that although the MP in question had assaulted the police officer, he has not been arrested yet. Instead, he said that the government is trying to suppress the media institutions that informed the country about the incident.
The MP further stated that.
“We saw a member of parliament in Malima grow a cannabis plant the other day. But the police officer who went to collect the cannabis plant was attacked. The other one was transferred. The person who attacked and beat him up has gone to jail. It’s like ‘he hit me, he hit me’. The person who beat him is in jail. The person who beat him is out. The owner of the cannabis plant is out. The officer who caught him is in jail. The member who beat him is out.
But this government is trying to suppress media institutions by informing the country and the world about it. Even the Inspector General of Police is not ashamed to tell the country about this matter, let alone the media spokesperson of his police. Because these are organized criminals who are shooting at every junction and killing people. They are not being investigated. On the other hand, the Inspector General of Police who protects the honor of the police officer or the police The media spokesperson does not intervene.
The IGP and the police have become the media spokesperson of the government or the media spokesperson of the JVP…”
He stated this while answering questions asked by journalists.