COLOMBO, June 16 — A Sri Lankan journalist working for The New York Times has said police raided her home and seized her laptop over the alleged kidnapping of a Swiss embassy staffer last year. A diplomatic row erupted in late November after the Swiss embassy said the woman was abducted and...
Tuesday, 16 Jun 2020 05:19 PM MYT
A diplomatic row erupted in late November after the Swiss embassy said the woman was abducted and sexually assaulted by unidentified attackers. “Five CID officials arrived at my residence in Colombo with a warrant to search the house... my computer was found, seized and sealed,” she tweeted on Monday.
“As a journalist, I was horrified at the public exposure of my telephone records, which could seriously endanger and compromise my sources and contacts, then, now and in the future.”
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