A journalists’ body urged the Sri Lankan government to release a Tamil radio station manager who was arrested in
The allegations against A R V Loshan should be “based on evidence and not on simple conjecture”, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based media watchdog, said in a statement on November 17.
The senior radio presenter and current manager of FM Vettri was picked up by Terrorist Investigation Department (TID) agents.
"The growing number of arrests by the authorities of Tamil journalists under the anti-terror law gives currency to the common rumor that many of them are Tamil Tiger agents, but also undermines the anti-terror law itself", the organisation added.
A colleague of the journalist told Reporters Without Borders that his mother had been allowed to visit him. He is in good health and hopes to be quickly released.
Police questioned another journalist at Vettri FM before arresting the director.
The 32-year-old with more than 10 years radio experience has worked for five years for the station, which is owned by the ABC press group.
Reporters Without Borders pointed out that two other Tamil journalists - J. S. Tissainayagam and Vettivel Jasikaran - are already being held under the anti-terror law.
Jasikaran’s fiancée, Valarmathi Jasikaran, has also been imprisoned in
