The Swarnavahini admits the fault of showing the incident to the nation
The Secretary to the government media unit Charitha Herath had drawn concern over the ‘live’ telecasting of the manner Ven.Bowatte Indraratana thera set ablaze to him on the Vesak day. This matter had been discussed with the heads of the Swarnavahini.
In this connection the owner Jeewaka Edirisinghe and the head of the news unit Chaminda Karunaratna had been summoned by the Media Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and his Secretary and have had discussions.
The manner Ven.Bowatte Indraratana set himself a blaze was shown ‘live’ was a huge mistake the secretary to the media Minister.
This as a mistake was accepted by the authorities of the Swarnavahini was added by the secretary to the media Minister. In this connection the secretary had said the ethics should be known to any media institution and there cannot be rules and laws formulated for this purpose by the government.
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