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Oshala Herath, Fomer head of ‘New Media,’ an outfit set up by President Maithripala Sirisena to promote himself and the positions he takes, has alleged that the Presidential Media Division is engaged in a deliberate and vicious campaign to vilify former Navy Commander Travis Sinniah.
Herath was removed from his position last month after he objected to unethical and unprofessional media practices indulged in by the Presidential Media Division.
Oshala Herath, in a Facebook post, charged the Presidential Media Unit of slinging mud at the former Navy chief. He referred to a post in www.andaharaya.com titled “බුද්දි අංශ රහස් සින්නයියා එක්සත් ජාතීන්ට දෙයි ? සින්නයියා බලයට කේදර වී ඇමරිකාවේ බලු කුක්කෙක් වෙයිද?” (Has Sinniah slipped intelligence unit secrets to the United Nations? Is the hunger for power turning Sinniah into a lapdog of the United States of America?).
The vilification of Sinniah has not been limited to this website.Another website allegedly run by the Presidential Media Unit, www.apisirlankanbro.com also carried a similar story: ට්රැවිස් සින්නයියා නැවත නාවුක හමුදාපති දූරය ඉල්ලන්නේ ඇයි? (Why is Travis Sinniah asking for the Navy Commander’s post again?).A third website, www.colombotribune.com, published another anti-Sinniah story, “මාස දෙකෙන් ගෙදර ගිය නාවි
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