The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Sri Lanka police has summoned Sri Lankan correspondent at BBC news to record a statement over a tweet, a local media report said.
The Colombo Gazette reported that BBC journalist Azzam Ameen has been asked to appear before the CID tomorrow to record a statement.
According to the report Ameen had yesterday retweeted a tweet which appeared on the official twitter account of the President’s Media Division where the President was asked how he intends to implement some of his proposals made in Parliament.
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“You are a wonderful speaker. But how do you ensure they turn into action. Show by doing!” Advice to President Sirisena from his own @PMDNewsGov,” Ameen had tweeted.
Later the President’s Media Division tweeted saying that its account had been briefly compromised and it is being investigated. “It seems for a brief moment the @PMDNewsGov twitter was compromised. The account has now been recovered and PMD is investigating the matter,” the PMD News tweeted.
