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Sri Lanka state-owned TV goes off air as protesters storm building
Updated On: 13 July, 2022 04:15 PM IST | Colombo | PTI
SLRC official said that a group of protestors who had entered the premises had demanded that they run only news related to 'anti-government protests' and entertainment programmes, Newswire Lanka reported
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Police use tear gas as protesters storm the compound of prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe `s office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis. Pic/PTI
Sri Lanka's state-owned television channel Rupavahini suspended its telecast on Wednesday as protesters stormed the building, amidst the deepening political turmoil and economic crisis in the crisis-hit country.
The Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) said that its engineers have suspended their live and recorded telecasts as the corporation premises are being surrounded by protesters.
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