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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12625096" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTtSQCGu5YprihqMxENATZGKfPvrI9Wk_nBxFmSEQVtE04lIQ9G" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />UNP General Secretary Tissa Attanayake has alleged that the  Independent Television Network (ITN) has violated the regulations of the  Prevention of Terrorism Act.  Attanayaka made this remark sending a letter to ITN Chairman Rosmund  Senaratne, responding to a video telecasted by the ITN which showed a  group of UNP supporters displaying LTTE flags during the UNP May Day  rally in Jaffna.  “More than hundred local and foreign journalists covered the UNP May  Day in Jaffna and thousands of military personnel provided security for  the rally. But surprisingly, none of them saw the group who were  displaying LTTE flags.  Only the cameraman of the Independent Television  Network had seen LTTE flags,” Attanayake, in his letter, said.  “After realizing the suspicious behaviour of the ITN cameraman, the  party supporters who participated in the rally had captured him and  handed him over to Party Chairman Gamini Jayawickrama Perera. Then the  cameraman had confessed that he did it under directives of the ITN  authorities. Apparently, the group who displayed LTTE flags had also  arrived in a vehicle belonging to the ITN,” Attanayake also said.  He also stated that instead of video recording the group who was  displaying LTTE flags, the ITN cameraman could have informed the  security forces on the matter. “Then, those who displayed LTTE flags  could have been prosecuted because the LTTE is a proscribed organization  in Sri Lanka” Attanayake added.  Instead of complying with laws pertaining to terrorism, the ITN has  not only telecasted, but also distributed the video footage which  carried LTTE flags, to other TV stations and websites, Attanayaka  charged. Therefore, he said the ITN and its chairman have violated the  Prevention of Terrorism Act.CT</blockquote>

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