Summoning of “Aruna”Editor -in -chief Mahinda Ileperuma for Questioning Under the Parliamentary Privileges Act on 24 Nov by the CID Regarding a Front Page News Item Published on 19 Nov Condemned by Sri Lanka Working Jpurnalist Association and Free Media Movement.

The Sri Lanka Working Journalists’ Association condemned the summoning of the Editor-In-Chief of our sister newspaper, Aruna, Mahinda Ileperuma, to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on 24 November of this year, following the front-page story published on 19 November 2025 titled “Grama Niladhari certificate insufficient to obtain Police reports, approval of People’s Committee Chairperson also required”.