Glaring errors in C4 video - HC

24 June 2011 05:45 am

The Sri Lankan Acting High Commissioner in UK P. M Amza while refuting unsubstantiated allegations in the Channel4 video pointed out the glaring errors in the film and the misrepresentation of what is said in Tamil language.

The Commissioner also questioned the motive behind Channel 4’s vindictive campaign against Sri Lanka.
 
Emphasizing that Sri Lanka has set a domestic mechanism in motion to look into all matters of concern Acting High Commissioner P. M Amza pointed out glaring errors in the film and instances where the broadcaster has taken the liberty even to misrepresent what is heard in Tamil. He charged the producer of blatant bias.
 
The debate which was broadcast live by BBC Asian Network from BBC Television Centre in London had three other guests in it, Callum Macrae, the producer of Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields, Vanchees Janartharan, a representative from Tamil Welfare Association in the UK and Chathura Jayatissa, a youth representative from Sinhala community.