Avant Garde pay list to be out soon: Rajitha

10 December 2015 10:24 am

Parliamentarian Anura Kumara Dissanayake would reveal the list of persons, who had accepted money from the Avant Garde Security Service Company soon, Cabinet Spokesman Minister Rajitha Senaratne said.

“We will have the details of cheque numbers, which were drawn in favour of web sites by the Avant Garde. Several higher ranking people connected to Avant Garde want to meet me to provide the details,” the Minister said.

“I have seen the list of the people and necessary action will be taken soon against them,” he said.

Deputy Minister of Mass Media Karunarathna Paranawithana requested the media outlets to inform the Government Information Department if they had any information on Avant Garde or related cases.

“If any media personnel faced any threat over the Avant Garde controversy or Wasim Thajudeen's case, we will provide safety.

“We respect journalists and work for their safety,” the Minister Senaratne said.

Meanwhile, Deputy Minister Paranawithana also said that the government would provide security to media personnel who wrote on the Avant-Garde controversy.” (Chaturanga Pradeep)