COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe directed the Customs to release the 187 copies of the Frontline Magazine that were stopped by the Customs at the airport earlier this month.
The Frontline Magazine, parallel to its 30th anniversary, had published a series of interviews which had been published during its 30 years of existence. One of these re-published interviews was with former LTTE Leader Vellupullai Prabhakaran first published in 1987 in the aftermath of the Indo – Sri Lanka agreement.
A media statement by the Prime Minister’s office said this particular interview would not pose any threat to the national security.
The Customs Department was also advised to contact the Media Ministry in case such a situation arises in the future.
