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Message: <blockquote data-quote="monson" data-source="post: 20182162" data-attributes="member: 30005">Sources:She told the BBC that after an associate of the family of President Mahinda Rajapaksa bought a 72% stake in the paper, he asked her to stop carrying articles critical of the Rajapaksas - several of whom occupy senior government positions.Ms Jansz said the new owner, Asanga Seneviratne, wanted her to "curb her style of writing and compromise her credibility".She says that when she refused he terminated her contract. - <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19680426" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19680426</a>Asanga Seneviratne the new owner of The Sunday Leader on Friday the 13th February forced the resignation from the current Editor Shakuntala Perera. Seneviratne who purchased majority shares of the besieged Sunday Leader after the founder Editor Lasantha Wickrematunge was assassinated also sacked the former Editor Frederica Jansz in similar fashion.- <a href="https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/editor-of-sunday-leader-forced-to-resign-once-again/" target="_blank">https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/editor-of-sunday-leader-forced-to-resign-once-again/</a>- <a href="http://archive.lankanewsweb.net/news/2059-namals-coach-buys-the-leader" target="_blank">http://archive.lankanewsweb.net/news/2059-namals-coach-buys-the-leader</a>Editor of the Sunday leader Shakuntala Perera has resigned after the owner of the newspaper Asanga Seneviratne imposed a internal censorship over matters related to Rajapaksa family.Asanga Seneviratne is was the Rugby coach of former President’s eldest son Namal Rajapaksa and close friend of Rajapaksa family.The resignation letter of Sunday Leader editor follows:- <a href="http://srilankabrief.org/2015/02/censored-by-pro-rajapaksa-owner-sunday-leader-editor-resigned/" target="_blank">http://srilankabrief.org/2015/02/censored-by-pro-rajapaksa-owner-sunday-leader-editor-resigned/</a>Info hari athi. Mama kiwwe sunday leader dan unp ekata support karana paper ekak neme.</blockquote>

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