09/04/2011
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SLBC
The government delegation led by Minister of Mass Media and Information Keheliya Rambukwella and secretary to the ministry W.B.Ganegala who are in Jaffna to take part in the Asi Disi Media Forum visited the Udayan Newspaper office this morning. They engaged in a friendly discussion with the news editor of the newspaper Gnanasundaram Kuganathan and the staff. Speaking at the occasion Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said the government is continuously carrying out investigations with regard to the assault made to the news editor of the Udayan Newspaper. He pointed out that several suspects have been arrested as well. Speaking further the minister emphasized the government is dedicated to safeguard media freedom. He also noted that media has been entrusted with the responsibility of creating friendship between north and south with the elimination of the tiger terrorism. Jaffna district parliamentarian of Tamil National Alliance E.Sarawanabawan, Director of Government Information Wasantha Priya Ramanayake and Editor of Thinakaran Newspaper S.Thillainathan were also present at this occasion.
08/15/2011
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news.lk
The Northern Province Senior DIG Gamini Silva has said that the main suspect in the attack on the News Editor of Uthayan newspaper Gnanasunderam Kuganathan has been taken into police custody this morning. He has said that a special police team was deployed from Jaffna to apprehend the suspect while at the Kalubowila Hospital in Colombo.
08/07/2011
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The Nation
Cabinet Spokesman and Media and Information Minister Kheliya Rambukwella answering a query by journalists as to what action he has taken following the assault on Jaffna based Uthayan News Editor Gnanasunderam Kuhanathan, quipped in lighter vain that all what he could do was to visit him in hospital with tender king coconuts.
08/02/2011
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BBC
Reflecting the political divide in Sri Lanka, pro- and anti-government demonstrations have been taking place in the capital, Colombo. A pro-government rally was held in protest against the British broadcaster Channel 4 which has recently aired two programmes alleging that Sri Lankan forces committed war crimes. In a smaller demonstration, journalists blamed pro-government elements for severely beating up a Tamil journalist in northern Sri Lanka last week.
07/29/2011
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Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ
New York, July 29, 2011-- Authorities in Sri Lanka should immediately investigate a reported brutal assault on Gnanasundaram Kuhanathan, news editor of the Tamil-language daily Uthayan, said the Committee to Protect Journalists.