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Sri Lanka's main opposition party has accused the country's most senior army officer of being behind violent attacks on reporters. Opposition MP Joseph Michael Perera told parliament that the attacks were carried out by a "special team" controlled by Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka. Mr Perera said the government should arrest the offenders and "immediately bring them to justice". The army has denied that it is any way involved in attacks on journalists. 'Dangerous' "We are told by those in the army itself that journalists are abducted and subjected to grievous injury by none other than a special unit under the army commander," Mr Perera, a former parliamentary speaker, said. The World Association of Newspapers recently ranked Sri Lanka as the third most dangerous country in the world for media workers in 2007. The state is involved in... [read full story]
