Apr 19, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s media watchdog Free Media Movement yesterday said its Treasurer, journalist K. Rushangan has received threats demanding a payment of a ransom or face being abducted.

In a statement the FMM said that Rushangan, who is the Editor of the Tamil language news and information website www.inllanka.com and the Tamil journal Saamadana Nokku (Peace Monitor) published by the Center for Policy Alternatives, has received threats demanding the payment of a ransom before 25th April 2008 or face being abducted.

“However, given the impunity with which extrajudicial killings and abductions take place in Sri Lanka today, the FMM holds the Police responsible for the safety and security of Rushangan and urge them to take immediate action to bring the culprits to book,” the release concluded, noting that no one has been questioned or arrested by the Police to date.