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Why did Channel 4 take three to four years to screen the documentary

Minister Rambukwella asks:

Disna Mudalige

The entire Channel Four episode is fabricated and the government completely denies and rejects the so called allegations in their footage on the last stages of war in Sri Lanka, Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said.

Addressing the Cabinet press briefing at the Ministry Auditorium yesterday, the minister said

the release of this kind of sensational footages on the verge of the UNHRC session in Geneva is an organized agenda of the pro LTTE diaspora to tarnish the image of the country. The minister questioned why the Channel Four took 3 to 4 years to come up with this documentary without releasing it soon after the war. Observing the pattern, the minister said it could be easily predicted the next doctored documentary of the Channel Four on the war in Sri Lanka would be released just before the UNHRC session next year.

The minister requested to critically analyze the content of the footage adding that the government had also challenged them on earlier occasions. He said these charges have been directed at the entire defence establishment, observing that the security forces including the former Army Commander had plainly rejected these claims. He said a technical analysis on the latest documentary released by the Channel Four on Sri Lanka is now in progress.

He said the government is ready to face any situation at the UNHRC session, adding that it is strategically working to meet with challenges successfully. He said the government has taken a decision to send only a team comprising officials to the coming Geneva session. Information Department Director General Prof Ariyaratne Athugala also participated.