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Intelligence units looking into journalists who have been supported by Lakshman Cooray |
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2009-09-30 | 8.20 PM |
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Head of the State Intelligence Service, Major General Hendavitharana is looking into several journalists who have been supported by SSP Lakshman Cooray, who was arrested for allegedly planning to assassinate the President, reliable sources said.
Special attention has been paid to Gayantha Kumara Weerasinghe from the Lakbima newspaper, Keerthi Warnakulasuriya from Divaina and Hemantha Randunu.
Lakshman Cooray it is learnt had helped Hemantha Randunu plan his wedding and provided soil worth Rs. 8 lakhs to fill the land belonging to Gayantha Kumara Weerasinghe in Ganemulla.
The intelligence unit has also found that Lakshamn Cooray had provided money for Keerthi Warnakulasuriya to purchase air tickets to travel to Germany and Norway. |
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The intelligence unit has also raised doubts if the three journalists were continuously writing articles in favor of the government to escape the charges. |
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