Former government not involved in assault on Noyahr - MR

February 25, 2017 10:36 am

The former government had nothing to do with the assault on journalist Keith Noyahr, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa said.

He expressed this view while speaking to reporters after an event held in Ratnapura.

Currently, the service of five army personnel including a Major who were arrested and remanded on the charges of abducting and assaulting journalist Keith Noyahr have been suspended.

Noyahr, the former Deputy Editor of an English weekly newspaper, was abducted on May 22, 2008. A day later, he was dropped off near his residence, badly beaten up and bruised. He spent days in the hospital after the attack before he left the country.

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