(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM press release: Director news, Sooriyan FM Missing /Abducted FMM received a report this morning that Nadarajah Guruparan, news director for Sooriyan FM radio station, has gone missing. Sooriyan FM is a popular Tamil-language channel of ABC radio network, based in Colombo. Guruparan left in his vehicle for work […]
(FMM/IFEX) – The following is an FMM press release:
Director news, Sooriyan FM Missing /Abducted
FMM received a report this morning that Nadarajah Guruparan, news director for Sooriyan FM radio station, has gone missing. Sooriyan FM is a popular Tamil-language channel of ABC radio network, based in Colombo.
Guruparan left in his vehicle for work at around 4:00 a.m. on 29 August 2006, from his residence on Pintaliya road in Mount Lavinia, located south of Colombo. A few hours later, his vehicle was found abandoned on Galle road.
Guruparan was the news editor of the “Sarinihar” newspaper in late 1990s, and joined Sooriyan FM in 1999.
He has received threats from several paramilitary groups, according to close associates.
It was reported in various newspapers a few weeks ago that government authorities had expressed their unhappiness with ABC network’s coverage of the ongoing military conflict in Sri Lanka.
The Mount Lavinia police are conducting an investigation into Guruparan’s apparent disappearance.
