Three officers from Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) visited the Free Media Movement (FMM) office in Colombo and questioned few FMM members including it its secretary for three hours. TID officers’ main focus was former journalist Prakash Shakthi Velupillai, who was arrested. – SLPI Freedom tracker

Three officers from Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) visited the Free Media Movement (FMM) office in Colombo and questioned few FMM members including it its secretary for three hours. TID officers’ main focus was former journalist Prakash Shakthi Velupillai, who was arrested.

Three officers from Terrorist Investigation Division (TID) visited the Free Media Movement (FMM) office in Colombo and questioned few FMM members including it its secretary for three hours. TID officers’ main focus was former journalist Prakash Shakthi Velupillai, who was arrested.

Incident Date: January 29, 2009

Last modified on : March 20th, 2023

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Threat Type: interrogation

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Incident reference no: 2009/01/14/IG

Mode of threat: In Person

Affected Media Organization: FMM

Current Status: Not Applicable

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