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Provincial reporter Prasad Poornimal faced a physical attack following his report on an incident regarding an unauthorized filling of a paddy field in Wennappuwa. According to the media statement issued by Free Media Movement, Prasad Purnimal Jayamanne states that he was assaulted by a group including the son of a former North-Western Provincial Council member who had taken over the land filling from another former North-Western Provincial Council member who claims to own the paddy field. Prasad Purnimamal Jayamanne was similarly assaulted in the Mundalama police area about a month ago.