The Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has sealed TNL TV's transmission centre in Polgahewela.
The station, in a Facebook post, stated that the "TRC is currently attempting to take our equipment into its custody. We condemn this act with the contempt it deserves as we, as a TV station, have paid due charges to the TRC."
TNL TV is part of the TNL group which is owned by Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe's brother, Shan Wickremesinghe.
It is suspected that the TRC has moved to seal TNL TV after it aired news segments that were highly critical of President Maithripala Sirisena. The news segments in question had highlighted contradictory statements made by President Sirisena.
The TRC is an institution that comes under the purview of President Maithripala Sirisena with the Secretary to the President Austin Fernando acting as its Chairman.
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