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Minister seeks Rs. 1 bn each from Wimal Weerawansa & TV channel over alleged defamation
Sri Lanka's Health and Mass Media Minister Dr Nalinda Jayatissa has instructed his lawyers to issue letters of demand seeking
Summary
In a statement, the Minister's office said the notices relate to remarks made by Weerawansa at a media briefing held on or around Feb. The statement described the allegation as entirely false, baseless and malicious, and said it was made with the intention of damaging the Minister's reputation and undermining public confidence.
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People
- Nalinda Jayatissa2
- Wimal Weerawansa
- Ben Holdings
- Swarnavahini
- Jayatissa
Organisations
- EAP Broadcasting Company Limited2
- Parliament Wimal Weerawansa
- Wimal Weerawansa & TV
- Wimal Weerawansa
- Ben Holdings
- Swarnavahini
- Weerawansa
Places
- India2
Keywords
- channel2
- attempting
- defamation
- publicized
- lawsuits
- against
- alleged
- spread
- seeks
- each
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