The Sri Lanka government has informed the Appeal Courts that it has decided to cancel the radio license given to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The Attorney General has informed the Appeal Courts of the decision when the petition challenging the LTTE radio licence was heard yesterday.The petition was submitted few months ago by Piyasena Dissanayake, a member of a patriotic group in Sri Lanka. In his petition he has pointed out that the radio licence is totally illegal as the LTTE is a proscribed organization in the country. The case is to be continued on 2 February.
(Source: Colombo Page/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)