Broadcasting license cancelled

The government has cancelled the broadcasting license of the ABC radio network for broadcasting wrong and irresponsible news item, said the Information Minister Anura Priyatharsana Yapa at the press conference held in the media centre for national security.

This radio station had broadcast an unconfirmed report on 24th night stating that a band of LTTE cadres had entered Kathirgamam. This had created tension and uneasiness among the people in the area.

The security forces and police immediately intervened and defused the tension and pacified the people. The government feels that if not for the tricky intervention of the security forces and police this would have led to unfortunate incidents in the area like Kathirgamam, where different communities and religious groups lived.