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The
Media Co-ordinating Unit of the People’s Alliance yesterday dismissed
news reports that a mob of about 150 persons had shouted slogans outside
the Thalawathugoda residence of Elections Commissioner Dayananda
Dissanayake on Tuesday. The
reports, published in the Lankadeepa and Daily Mirror, said the
Commissioner had informed police stations in the area about the unruly
mob. As there was no response from the local police, the Commissioner had
informed the Defence Secretary who had instructed the IGP to send a police
team to disperse the crowd, the reports said. The
Media Co-ordinating Unit said the news item was “completely
fabricated”. It
said the residents had not reported any such incident. It also quoted the
Thalangama OIC as saying that he did not receive a complaint from the
Commissioner. “It is clear that newspapers sympathetic towards the UNP are publishing false news items to mislead the people,” the PA Media Unit communique said.
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