SUSPICIOUS WHITE VAN CAUGHT ON TAPE.
November 27, 2014 (Colombo)- A suspicious white van driven by an individual in military fatigues was spotted last afternoon in front of the Sirasa Head Office, down Dawson Street, Colombo.
The incident, that took place around two in the afternoon, unnerved many staffers at the MTV/MBC Network, as according to eye-witnesses the vehicle remained stationary for some time directly in front of the Head Office building. Automated surveillance systems picked up images and video of the vehicle and an official complaint has been lodged at the Slave Island Police by senior officials at the network.
The MTV/MBC network, which airs Sirasa, Shakthi and News 1st has been attacked several times in the past. In January 2009 an armed group obliterated its transmission station in the suburbs of Colombo resulting in a transmission failure for a few hours. In March of 2010 a group of around 200 attacked its Head Office in Colombo, again resulting in property damage and several injuries to members of its staff.
The latest incident comes in the wake of the networks Prime Time News bulletins across three channels being blocked last Saturday by Dialog TV- a DTH service provider and PEO TV an IPTV platform. Also blocked was ‘Satana’, a political debate programme that featured the common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena that followed soon after the Prime Time News bulletin on Sirasa TV. This incident was recently raised at the House of Lords and has received wide coverage in the international media.
http://newsfirst.lk/english/2014/11/sirasa-surveillance/64696
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