Journalists are on a witch hunt against police:Wickremesinghe

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has accused media institutions and journalists of hounding the nation's courts and police.

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Lashing out at journalists, he said their'hands are not clean', as some of them are promoting racism and waiting to bring back the former regime.

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The Colombo Page web site quoted him, as saying during a debate on an adjournment motion in parliament that the government has no intention to cover up the wrongdoings of the police.

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He maintained that standards in courts and within the police force had deteriorated in the past decade due to politicisation and lack of modernisation.

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He said the assistance of Britain and other countries has been sought to make the necessary changes and introduce the required reforms.