President Chandrika Kumaratunga yesterday accused the private media and particularly defence correspondents of exposing sensitive military information in a manner that harmed national security.Addressing armed services commanders the Police Chief and other senior officers at a conference held at the BMICH last evening to brief them on tsunami reconstruction and the need to implement the P-TOMS agreement, an angry President told the journalists from the private and state media to leave before she briefed the security commanders.
The President said she had asked the journalist to go because they might disclose more military secrets and she charged that 75% of the media were supporting the UNP.
She singled out a senior journalist in her attack.
The President said the country needed peace and as a first step there must ne rebuilding of the tsunami devastated areas. She warned she would take tough action against any extremist elements who were trying to block her peace efforts.
The President said extensive discussions were conducted before signing the P-TOMS agreement with the LTTE and she expected full co-operation from the armed services in implementing the agreement.
Chief of Defence Staff and Navy Commander Daya Sandagiri, Army Commander Shantha Kottegoda, Air Force Commander Donald Perera, IGP Chandra Fernando and other senior security forces personnel were present.
(http://www.dailymirror.lk/2005/07/27/front/2.asp)
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