The Sri Lanka Embassy in Washington DC has complained to the Justice Department and the State Department that the Washington based Intelsat Corporation is breaking US law by continuing to broadcast the propaganda television and radio services of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) by a satellite they own, despite public assurances given weeks ago to the contrary.
In its official statement, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defence says: “Meanwhile , the Radio Broadcasts Weblog [sic], by the Radio Netherlands World Wide reported, “Despite the widely-reported statement by Intelsat that it has switched off National Television of Tamil Eelam from its satellite, we received a report stating that the channel was, in fact, still being seen on the Intelsat12 satellite (45°E) as of 26 April.” They published the news since Radio Netherlands had earlier published an AFP item saying the satellite had switched off the programs. The report was in reference to LTTE’s European broadcasts using Intelsat 12.”
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)
