Chandana Sirimalwatte, editor of "Lanka" a Sinhala weekly newspaper has been detained further with regard to an article over a mansion in Kataragama owned by a ministry secretary. Srimalwatte was taken from his office by officers of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday morning.
According to the Editor’s colleagues at office on Thursday, a person identifying himself as a CID officer had wanted to talk to Sirimalwatte with regard to the article appeared on January 26, 2010.
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