Sri Lanka throws out three Channel 4 journalists

'Asia correspondent Nick Paton Walsh deported after report on deaths, food shortages and sexual abuse at refugee camp Sri Lanka deported three journalists from Channel 4 television today, a day after they were arrested for alleged false reporting on the civil war. Lakshman Hulugalle, the head of the government security information centre, said the journalists admitted they had "done something wrong" and would not be allowed to come back to Sri Lanka. Nick Paton Walsh, the channel's Asia correspondent, denied giving a statement to police or admitting wrongdoing.'

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URL Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/10/channel-four-journalists-sri-lanka

Author Organisation: The Guardian (UK)