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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12367314" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcStYbIM5oMgSMz3L3tNFmTgkKMkVI-R1yHDmQg0Nwxt3O6--SNR" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />A Sri Lankan cabinet  minister has threatened violence against journalists and human rights  activists who he says have been opposing the government.         Mervyn Silva also admitted forcing a journalist to flee two years ago.Poddala Jayantha, who fled the country in late 2009 after being severely beaten up. "I'm the one who chased Poddala Jayantha out of this country.  I am telling you about this incident today. He went because of me,"  Mervyn Silva said.         The remarks come one day after the UN Human Rights Council passed a resolution critical of the country's rights record.Police spokesman, Ajith Rohana, told the BBC that Mr Silva's remarks -  both his confession and his threats, as he put it - would now be  investigated.BBC</blockquote>

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