Scribe sues ANCL for Rs. 5 million
A Divaina journalist has sued The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited (ANCL) for five million rupees in compensation for an article published in the Silumina defaming him.

Sarath Dharmasena filed a case in the Colombo District Court citing ANCL, its Chairman Janadasa Peiris, Silumina Editor and Sirasa journalist T. Jayakumar as respondents, for publishing a column in the Silumina of May 30, 2004 defaming him.

Petitioner Sarath Dharmasena, senior courts reporter for Divaina charged that the column "Usaviyen" (From Courts) published in Silumina, was written with malicious intent and had made several defamatory statements regarding his career in journalism.

The petitioner alleged that J. Jeyakumar of Sirasa had authored the article to defame the petitioner as he had a personal hatred against him.

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