Senior producer of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Lal Hemantha Mawalage sustained injuries after two unidentified men attacked him at Athurugiriya on Friday night. The incident had occurred when he was returning to his home in Athurugiriya on Friday around 11 p.m. Soon after the incident, he was rushed to the National Hospital in Colombo. He has sustained severe cuts on both hands after the men had slashed his hand with a sharp object. Speaking to The Nation Mawalage claimed that this attack was probably a result of the Rupavahini – Mervyn Silva saga, because he made some statements voicing protest against the minister’s actions. Explaining the incident, he said that the two men who came on a motor bike wearing helmets had blocked his van which was heading towards his house near St. Pio church at Sethsirigama. They had dragged him out of the driving seat and had tried to cut his face first. When the victim tried to cover his face in self defence they had slashed his two hands with a sharp weapon suspected to be a knife. Mawalage said, “I do not know who did this. On the day Minister Mervyn Silva entered Rupavahini, I spoke in protest of the ministers actions but on behalf of my institution. I love my institution as much as my life. I did not represent any political party there but I stood for my institution. I did the right thing to protect my institution’s prestige. This attack might be the results of it,” he added. Free Media Movement -For more information -Sunanda Deshapriya – (+ 94)777 312457 |