TRC Chairman Anusha Pelpita told the Sunday Times that a campaign to track down illegal radio broadcasters was underway. However, he declined to comment on whether the measures were aimed at curbing the increasing number of clandestine religious broadcasts. He said the TRC had asked the police to conduct raids on clandestine radio stations and offered the TRC’s help.

President Mahinda Rajapaksa has told trade union leaders that there was no promise of a salary hike of Rs. 2,500 for the public sector in the Mahinda Chintana policy and advised them not to expect the government to fulfil such a promise, a trade union leader said.