16.3.2008
The
employees of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini (SLRC) Corporation
have asked President Mahinda Rajapakse to take immediate
action to arrest those responsible for brutal attacks
on Rupavahini employees and take legal action against
them. They have demanded that Minister of Labour Mervin
Silva should be removed from his ministerial post and
all those who have been victimized should be compensated.
They
have warned that if their demands are not met they would
resort to strike action from Monday (tomorrow). Five employees
of Rupavahini Corporation have been attacked by thugs
since Minister Mervin Silva broke into the corporation
with his team of thugs to intimidate a news director and
were detained and treated to an ink bath by the employees
of the corporation.
The
latest attack was on Anurasiri Hettige, a SLRC trade union
leader, who was beaten by an unidentified gang using iron
rods. Mr. Hettige is undergoing treatment in Intensive
Care Unit of the Colombo National Hospital.
Courtesy
Lanka Truth