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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 7615066" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8303/66497878.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Two recent issues of the widely read international magazine The  Economist (UK) have been detained by the Customs authorities. No reasons  have been given, according to a leading books and magazines distributor  and dealer.                                                Distributor Vijitha  Yapa told the Sunday Times yesterday that the May 22 and 29 issues have  not been released by the Customs, presumably because they contain  articles on Sri Lanka.                       “There is no censorship in Sri Lanka and no  reason has been given for holding up the magazine,” Mr. Yapa said. “The  articles on Sri Lanka are available on the internet. Officials who  detain these copies of The Economist, a highly respected international  magazine, are in fact doing Sri Lanka a disservice.”                        Mr. Yapa said it would be unfortunate if the  international community suspected that there was censorship in Sri Lanka  and that the state was trying to hide something at a time when the  Rajapaksa government was encouraging foreign investment and tourism.                       “The Economist usually devotes more than 100  pages per issue to world affairs and the state of the world economy, and  once in a while the magazine focuses on Sri Lanka, dedicating at most  one page of coverage,” Mr. Yapa said.                       “The magazine is considered essential reading  for businessmen. Anyone who read the articles marking the anniversary of  the defeat of terrorism in Sri Lanka, the delay in resettling  internally displaced persons, and the country’s devolution plans will  know that there’s nothing new or sensational in them.  “What happens when subscribers don’t get their copies of The Economist  is that word gets around and the articles are copied from the internet  and sent around the world by e-mail and other means. The result is the  articles get read by a much bigger audience.”                                                The Economist  subscribers are largely the embassies and foreign missions, top-tier  overseas and local companies, hotels, and state departments.  International airlines have bulk orders for the magazine.                                                According to Mr. Yapa,  Customs officials say the magazines have been forwarded to the  Information Department, which has not yet given instructions to release  the two issues.                                                Mr. Yapa said the  government is losing revenue by withholding the magazines. The Value  Added Tax (VAT), Nation Building Tax (NBT), and Port and Airport Levy  (PAL) that are paid to clear the magazines at Customs are not paid when  the magazines are delayed. STmedia freedom <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />rupavahini wage nathi hinda block <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />ආසියාවේ ආශ්චර්යThe Economist 22 May 2010PDF Download <a href="http://www.2shared.com/document/0SEDla6c/The_Economist_22_May_2010.html" target="_blank">http://www.2shared.com/document/0SEDla6c/The_Economist_22_May_2010.html</a>The Economist 29 May 2010PDFDownload  <a href="http://www.2shared.com/document/Mpu-JrYy/The_Economist_29_May_2010.html" target="_blank">http://www.2shared.com/document/Mpu-JrYy/The_Economist_29_May_2010.html</a></blockquote>

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