{"id":4798,"date":"2015-08-18T18:14:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T18:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namathueelanadu.com\/?p=4798"},"modified":"2015-08-18T18:14:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T18:14:59","slug":"cartoonist-abduction-investigation-suspended-due-to-military-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namathueelanadu.com\/?p=4798","title":{"rendered":"Cartoonist abduction investigation suspended due to &#8216;military pressure&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-left\"><a href=\"javascript: imageToPdf(4798)\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/namathueelanadu.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-pdf-title\">PRINT<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/namathueelanadu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/download-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3369\" src=\"https:\/\/namathueelanadu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/download-3.jpg\" alt=\"download (3)\" width=\"196\" height=\"133\" \/><\/a>Sri Lanka&#8217;s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe suspended the probe investigating the abduction of cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda due to warnings from the military that the inquiry could cause a stir within the military, a local paper reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">Mr Wickremesinghe was informed by high-ranking military officials that several senior officers were involved in a unit set up for abductions and further inquiries could reveal the entire operation, and as such decided to suspend the probe until after the election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/namathueelanadu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/122981840133.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4799\" src=\"https:\/\/namathueelanadu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/122981840133-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"122981840133\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/namathueelanadu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/122981840133-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/namathueelanadu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/122981840133.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The army officials said around 650 officers were attached in this unit, which was formed by then-army commander Sarath Fonseka during the armed conflict. After 2009 the unit is said to have continued under Gotabhaya Rajapaksa and included current chief of staff of the army Jagath Jayasuriya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\">A sergeant major, currently in custody, earlier this month admitted to questioning the cartoonist, after years of denial of knowledge of his whereabouts by the military.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka&#8217;s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe suspended the probe investigating the abduction of cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda due to warnings from the military that the inquiry could cause a stir within the military, a local paper reported. 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