Reports that up to 20 attackers bombed the control room at about 3 a.m. on 6 January 2009, after state media criticised the broadcaster’s coverage of military operations.16 Feb 2010 · Committee to Protect Journalists · Attacks on the Press 2009: Sri Lanka
Reports that eight men on four motorcycles attacked the editor on 8 January 2009, and that an editorial he had written was published three days after his death in which he said he expected to be killed.16 Feb 2010 · Committee to Protect Journalists · Attacks on the Press 2009: Sri Lanka
Reports that four men on two motorcycles severely injured him at about 6:40 a.m. on 23 January 2009.16 Feb 2010 · Committee to Protect Journalists · Attacks on the Press 2009: Sri Lanka
Reports that witnesses said six unidentified men in a white Toyota Hi Ace van with tinted windows took him, and that no arrests had been made by late 2009.16 Feb 2010 · Committee to Protect Journalists · Attacks on the Press 2009: Sri Lanka