Tuesday, January 27, 2009

"Voice of Tigers" permit revoked

The Attorney General has intimated to Courts that measures will be taken to revoke the permit given by the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Regulatory Commission for the LTTE during the ceasefire when UNP was in power, for the operation of “Voice of Tigers” radio network.

State Counsel Sumathi Dharmawardena made this submission to the Appeals Court when petitions filed against the handing over of a permit for the "Voice of Tigers" was taken up. He said the Government will revoke the permit under the emergency regulations Gazzette notification issued on 7th January this year. The Court ordered the Attorney General to submit a report on the progress of this work when hearings resume on 11th of March. The petitions have been filed by a group including Dr. Piyasena Dissanayake.

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