Police inquiry into BT journalist’s complaint against Harry J
View(s):Police have begun probing a complaint filed by senior Business Times reporter Quintus Perera against powerful businessman Harry Jayawardena over an issue of abuse at a hotel event last month. After the complaint was filed at Police Headquarters, the journalist was summoned to Negombo Police SP’s office on April 1 in the presence of Negombo ASP L.R. Gamage. Mr. Perera’s complaint made in English in Colombo was re-recorded in Sinhala by the Negombo Police.
Police said Mr. Jayewardena was not asked to be present on (April 1) but would be called if necessary in the future. The journalist says that Mr. Jayawardena, Chairman, Aitken Spence Group, had abused him while the former was attending the launch of Heritance Negombo on March 21. Mr. Jayewardena had been angered over the reporting of a court case by Mr. Perera involving the former and a tea company.