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| Sunday, 23 May 2004 |
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Lasantha Wickramatunga laundering linen A press release of the President's office categorically denies the various references to the President with regard to the recent exposes made in the media about the unsavoury happenings in the private life of former Minister Rauff Hakeem. The President wishes to state that she has never had the occasion to meet or talk with the lady named Ms. Kumari Cooray as reported by Lasantha Wickramatunga in the newspaper owned by him and over a television station owned by the Maharajah Organisation. While the President's office is in no way surprised Wickramatunga continues to indulge in his usual practice of laundering linen, rendered filthy by his own fabrications and lies about the President, the President's office wishes to state very clearly that the President has no interest in the manner in which various individuals, famous or infamous, conduct their private lives. The President's office wishes to highlight that this seems to be the high point of the smear campaign carried on against the President, beginning from December 2001, when the UNP took power. Several other cabinet and deputy ministers of the government whose names have also been implicated falsely by Wickramatunga in the same sordid affair have already denied these allegations and have made statements to the police requesting a full inquiry into these allegations. The President has directed the police to conduct a full and fair inquiry without delay. Legal action will be instituted against the individuals and the media institutions that have wilfully and publicly attempted to tarnish the good names of the President and the said Ministers. |
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