06-18-2004, 05:58 AM
<span style='font-size:25pt;line-height:100%'>Sri Lanka to probe Tamil rebel accusations against gov'nt media </span>
The Sri Lankan government that hopes to recommence stalled direct peace negotiations with the Tamil Tiger rebels said on Thursday they would look into rebel accusations of carrying out a vicious campaign against them.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels had complained to the Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka that the state-owned radio had carried a program to discredit the rebels by promoting a breakaway commander of the LTTE.
Government spokesman and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera said that the internal clashes within the LTTE was not a matter for the government to draw attention to as it was committed to a negotiated settlement to end the two decades of ethnic conflict.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200406/1...617_146687.html
The Sri Lankan government that hopes to recommence stalled direct peace negotiations with the Tamil Tiger rebels said on Thursday they would look into rebel accusations of carrying out a vicious campaign against them.
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) rebels had complained to the Norwegian Ambassador to Sri Lanka that the state-owned radio had carried a program to discredit the rebels by promoting a breakaway commander of the LTTE.
Government spokesman and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera said that the internal clashes within the LTTE was not a matter for the government to draw attention to as it was committed to a negotiated settlement to end the two decades of ethnic conflict.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200406/1...617_146687.html
Truth 'll prevail

