Sri Lanka Government Information Department today canceled the broadcasting license of five private radio channels of Asia Broadcasting Ltd. today for creating pandemonium by transmitting a false news item on a terrorist attack on a village in the deep south.
The suspended radio channels are Hiru FM, Sha FM, Gold FM, Suriyan FM and Sun FM. A false news report broadcasted by the radio channels of the ABC Ltd. over an attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam (LTTE) cadres at Ranminithenna area in Tissamaharamaya in Hambanthota district of Sri Lanka created great panic among the residents.
The company is accused of broadcasting news on this without confirming the facts and spreading the hysteria all over the country.
However, a journalist of the radio station said that the channels immediately corrected the news and apologized.
The said radio network reportedly belongs to a business person whose brother is a leading young politician of the opposition United National Party.
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