Sri Lanka, Oct. 29 -- Following the arrest of the person who allegedly killed Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Lasantha Wickramasekara, a video footage went viral on social media showing his capture. It is not the first instance in which visuals or video footage related to breakthroughs in investigations into major crimes were leaked online.
These are possible incidents instigated or carried out by those involved in the manipulation of information in favour of the ruling side, facing brickbats over the rise in criminal acts and police inertia in arresting them. The opposition alleges that the police act with bias in dealing with criminals. To blunt such criticism or distract public attention away from issues in the limelight, government ...