Defence Secretary to take legal action against journalist Chamuditha, two others

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Defence Secretary Kamal Gunarathne said he would take legal action against three persons including journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama, demanding compensation of Rs. 500 million each for defamation through social media.

The Defence Secretary said that he has taken action to file cases against three persons demanding Rs. 500 million compensation each for damaging his reputation and image by making defamatory statements targeting him recently.

Gen. Gunaratne said he intends to seek justice against a person called Asela Dharmasiri for making various defamatory statements targeting the Defence Secretary through the Youtube channel ‘truth with Chamuditha’ and his numerous Facebook accounts and also against journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama, the owner of the Youtube channel.

He further claimed that he was defamed by the facts recently published by a website called ravanalankanews and has taken steps to file a lawsuit against G.P. Nisshanka, who is believed to be running the website, demanding a compensation of 500 million rupees.

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Man Thursday, 06 April 2023 03:14 PM

Ah! He is the person who attacked his house and damaged, last year. So, rightly, no arrests made as it’s his right, as Defence secretary.

Gb Thursday, 06 April 2023 03:20 PM

Why not ask for the moon and sun as compensation, this man's reputation is worth rs5 not 500million

Rip Winkle Thursday, 06 April 2023 05:18 PM

What reputation???

Jude Thursday, 06 April 2023 07:20 PM

Truth hurts!!! Truth is like poetry, everyone hates poetry, yeah!!

Tissa Fernando Friday, 07 April 2023 04:46 AM

Excellent, Chamuditha is a journalist who just says whatever comes to his mind regardless of there is any truth, he simply wants to disrepute someone holding power. If you remember, it was Chamuditha who promoted some expensive tablets for trating covid locally manufactured by some unknown Doctor. Media has some responsibility to report facts or give a disclaimer that those were unverified facts. General public simply believe what these journalists say and they misusee this .

Dayan Friday, 07 April 2023 06:56 AM

Is Rs.500 million sufficient? This guy is not Defence Secretary. He is the Secretary to the ministry of Defence.

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