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The Kataragama local correspondent M. K.
Nandasena of the Lankadeepa newspaper has been
threatened over the phone by a Police officer in the
Kataragama Police after reporting that the officer
was infected with the covid-19. The journalist has
reported that the relevant police officer along with
two other officers has contracted covid19 after
participating in the independence day ceremony
held in Colombo and that they were quarantined.
The Police officer made a threatening phone call to
the journalist on 10th February around 12.13pm and
allegedly stated “I will look after, once I recover”.

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