Sri Lanka’s Defence Spokesperson, Minister Keheliya Rambukwella today (Apr 1) exposed another sleazy INGO directly supporting terrorism in Sri Lanka. Addressing the weekly media briefing at Media Centre for National Security, he revealed that an INGO named PANOS have been funding a project involved in propagating the LTTE’s extremist ideologies locally and internationally.
According to the minister, evidence have been surfaced that the INGO has bought number of unscrupulous journalists to write articles supportive of tribalism and aimed at tarnishing the good image of the country and its armed forces. He said that, majority of these so- called journalists engaged in this sordid project are Sri Lankans , who have been writing under fake names to several local and international journals. The authorities have identified them and legal actions would be initiated against them, he added.
He highlighted that there are ample evidence to show that some of the INGOs and NGOs have been directly supporting the LTTE terrorism throughout its campaign against Sri Lankan citizens. It was these ground realities that the government has initiated action to regulate the operations of those organizations, he added.
Ministry of Defence