Media minister denies knowledge on journalists being on LTTE pay list

(June 04, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Media minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa told journalists today he was unaware of a list of fifty journalists who were reported to be on the LTTE payroll.“I’m totally unaware and have not received any information on the said list of journalists”, he said.

Several ministers and IGP Jayantha Wickemaratne claimed that according to information provided by former LTTE media coordinator Daya Master a number of journalists had been in the LTTE pay list.
-Sri Lanka Guardian