MR instructs IGP on media

16 February 2010 09:05 am

President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Minister of Mass Media and Information has instructed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to inform him before any legal action is to be taken against any journalist, the government information department said.

Meanwhile the President has also instructed the IGP to assist in allowing bail to the 'Lanka' newspaper Editor Chandana Sirimalwatta, the President's media said.