Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Blackout on Military news

Sri Lanka government has imposed censorship on war reporting a week after Tamil Tiger rebels carried out a devastating attack on an air force base, the biggest ever setback suffered by the government of Mahinda Rajapaksha since he came in to power later 2005.
Under the new regulations issued in a special gazette notification by the President, all sensitive information on military matters are banned from publication or broadcast.
It includes all military operations as well as the arms procuments, it is learned.
Under the new legislation a journalist could be jailed maximum for 05 years for violating the censorship, a copy of the gazette notification obtained by Defence Wire showed.
The president will appoint a competent authority regarding the newly imposed censorship.
Government decision to impose a censorship came after the weekends' newspapers reports on Suicide Black Tiger raid on heavily fortified air force base at Anuradhapura which left at least two dozens of air crafts airworthy.
The attack virtually destroyed Air Force's surveillance capability and training infrastructure.
The previous censorship was in force for three years and lifted in May 2001.

Meanwhile President Mahinda Rajapakse said on Wednesday night that he would issue a new Gazette Notification today (Thursday) withdrawing the imposition of the media censorship laws.

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