Here is the post on the MOD site this morning now taken out. See Srilanka brief note posted this morning with the heading :Arresst of HRDs in Sri Lanka: Misinformtion campaign begins
''We reprodse an news item form state controlled Daily news which is full of lies.
'Ruki Fernando and Fr, Praveen have never been prominent activists of the
National Peace Council (NPC) - SLB
NATIONAL PEACE COUNCIL
TIGER LINKS BARED -
Prominent
NPC activists in TID custody -Close
contacts with LTTE faction trying to revive Eelam''