The Free Media Movement (FMM) strongly condemned the arrest and assault of Malika Abeykoon, a freelance journalist and photographer, saying the act is “ a heinous act of the police,”
Issuing a statement, FMM said that Malika Abeykoon has been arrested by the Maradana Police during a health workers protest rally in Colombo on April 07 and has been brutally assaulted on several occasions after he was taken to the police station.
He was produced before the Maligakanda Magistrate Court on Thursday with a medical report stating that he had not been assaulted. However, in face of objections raised by representatives of the victim, the Magistrate ordered the Prisons Medical officer to file a medical report. The Magistrate also ordered
Malika Abeykoon to be remanded until April 12.
The Free Media Movement, demanded the immediate release of Malika Abeykoon while urging the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to conduct a formal and impartial inquiry into the incident and to take strict legal action against the officials responsible.
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