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The Police was under obligation to provide news to private media institutions, especially when the Right to Information (RTI) Act is in effect in the country, the National Police Commission (NPC) Secretary Ariyadasa Cooray said today.

The Police had earlier said that the Police news would not be sent daily to private media institutions through emails with effect from December 21.

The IGP was reported to have instructed that the daily updates be sent only to State media institutions.

The decision was taken after the uproar in the country resulting from IGP’s telephone conversation during a recent meeting in Ratnapura. The news was telecast on a private media channel.

Police sources said the Police Chief had also instructed his officers not to invite private media representatives to any functions held at the Police Headquarters in the future.

Mr. Cooray said the commission will look into the matter if they received a complaint from such media institutions.
“We are still unaware about such thing. However, the Police should be able to provide news especially when RTI is in place. We could discussed the matter and come to a decision following a meeting,” he said.(Darshana Sanjeewa)


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  • Selvyn Sunday, 25 December 2016 02:46 PM

    The police chief seems to be a public friendly officer but must be mindful to be concerned about RTI obligations via DM Android App

    Save Monday, 26 December 2016 05:38 AM

    No laws are obeyed in Sri Lanka but the death law. The main reason for this is law makers do not have experience, ethics, and proper education. No wonder there are so many loopholes even after 1000 time revisions. Pathetic

    Yeti Monday, 26 December 2016 06:28 AM

    Quite right, the police chief seems to have made a blunder to cover up his earlier blunder!

    mohideen Monday, 26 December 2016 08:36 AM

    Why provide police info individually to newspapers. Police department should have a website to place all public information so that whoever wants can have them without competing to be the first to sensationalize information for commercial purposes as many newspapers often do these days.

    Yehiya Monday, 26 December 2016 09:48 AM

    IGP need to change in mind. Too much acting. But most trusted


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