Leader press burnt by Govt. charges JVP

JVP Leader Somawansa Amarasinghe addressing a press conference on Wednesday blamed the government for the arson attack on the printing press of The Sunday Leader, The Morning Leader and Irudina saying that no one else could be responsible for such an attack inside a high security zone. "Even a baby will know how this was burnt. The government did it. Write about this, as I say this with responsibility," Amarasinghe charged.
"I want to tell the media something important," the JVP leader began. "Irudina is against the JVP. However this has to be said.
The Sunday Leader printing press was burnt. This was situated in a high security zone. Even a baby will know how this was burnt. The government did it.
Write about this, as I say this with responsibility. We condemned it. This is the first of many acts to be displayed. The final one will be performed by us," Somawansa said.
While making clear that he believes that the Leader papers are "against the JVP," Amarasinghe said that it was a media freedom issue, and that the JVP condemned the attack on the press.
Amarasinghe was speaking about the internal turmoil in the JVP before suddenly branching off to discuss the arson attack on the Leader printing press. He said that he was unable to "get Wimal Weerawansa who is the JVP propaganda secretary and JVP group leader to make a statement in parliament when the innocent Tamils were evicted from the lodges in Colombo."
"Who made the statement? It was Anura Dissanayake," he said.